Segmentation

a. is the primary motility in the small intestine during digestion of a meal.
b. is both mixing and propulsive.
c. refers to sequential ring-like contractions that sweep downward, creating a stripping motion that pushes the chyme forward.
d. both (a) and (b) above.
e. all of these answers.


D

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