Definition: A pattern of gastrointestinal muscle contraction and depolarizing myoelectric activity that moves from the stomach to the ILEOCECAL VALVE at regular frequency during the interdigestive period. The complex and its accompanying motor activity periodically cleanse the bowel of interdigestive secretion and debris in preparation for the next meal.
Other names Migrating Motor Complex; Myoelectric Complexes, Migrating; Motor Complexes, Migrating; Motor Complex, Migrating; Migrating Myoelectric Complexes; Migrating Myoelectric Complex; Migrating Motor Complexes; Complex, Migrating Myoelectric; Complex, Migrating Motor; Complexes, Migrating Myoelectric; Complexes, Migrating Motor
