Peristalsis

• Nerve Supply that Initiates activities such as salivation


  central nervous system - also responsible for sight, taste, smell, and feel of ingested materials
• Nerve Supply innervates gastrointestinal tract


  enteric nervous system - myenteric plexus controls movements of muscularis, submucosal plexus controls digestive secretions
• Autonomic nervous system


  sympathetic — decreases GI motility and secretion, parasympathetic — increases GI motility and secretion