CARDIO GASTRIC ASPECIFIC REFLEX (MEAN PRESSURE): STOMACH'S DILATATION IN HEALTH

SUMMARY: THE STOMACH ANIMATION ON THE RIGHT SUMMARIZED THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE STOMACH MOTILITY AND ITS MAIN PARAMETERS OF INTEREST: LATENCY TIME AND DURATION OF THE REFLEX.  UNDER AUSCULTATORY PERCUSSION OF THE STOMACH AND MEAN DIGITAL PRESSURE UPON ANY POINT OF THE PRECORDIUM THE STOMACH DILATES EXACTELY AFTER 8 SECONDS, LATENCY TIME OF THE REFLEX (FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DIGITAL PRESSURE ON THE PRECORDIUM). THE DURATION OF THE REFLEX IS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 SECONDS,