title: [Characteristics of the functional compartmentation of the small intestine. Study at the duodenal level in the rat].
abstract: A radiological study using the conscious rat (n = 23) showed the different putative compartments at the duodenal level. We report here the in vitro pressure-volume-time of two compartments. The first one extended 0 to 1.7 cm +/- 0.3 from the pylorus, while the second one included the junction with the common biliopancreatic duct. The significant results showed that the first compartment had relative stretch with predominant pendulum motility; the threshold stretch for the onset of this motility was 58 p. 100 of the mean maximum diameter. It thus appeared to have a capacitive function, whereas the second compartment acted as a propulsion system in which the threshold stretch for peristalsis was 29 p. 100 of the mean maximum diameter.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004386:Duodenum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010528:Peristalsis; D011859:Radiography; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
vernacular_title: Caractéristiques de la compartimentation fonctionnelle de l'intestin grêle. Etude de l'étage duodénal chez le rat.