A)It is a basic eating reflex that ensures food is moved along the digestive tract at an appropriate rate.
B)It is a basic electrical rhythm consisting of spontaneous, rhythmic, wavelike fluctuations in membrane potential.
C)It is a basic emptying reflex that governs the rate of gastric emptying.
D)It is a bowel evacuation reflex, or defecation reflex.

A)Short reflexes influence motility and secretion in localized areas.
B)All elements of the short reflexes are contained within the digestive organ's wall.
C)Hormones play a role.
D)Osmoreceptors monitor the acidity of the luminal contents.

A)amylase
B)mucus
C)pepsin
D)lysozyme