Migrating motor complex
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Migrating motor complex
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Migrating motor complex, also known as migrating myoelectric complex, migratory motor complex, migratory myoelectric complex and MMC, is a cyclic, recurring motility pattern that occurs in the stomach and small bowel during fasting; it is interrupted by feeding. A pattern of electrical activity is also observed in the gastrointestinal tract in a regular cycle during this interdigestive period. MMC was discovered and characterized in fasting dogs in 1969 by Dr. Joseph H. Szurszewski at the Mayo C
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Physiological phenomenon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrating_motor_complex
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2024-04-09T04:56:51Z
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