Despite extensive (and valiant) attempts to research it, much remains a mystery about the hippo's gooey antibiotic sunscreen. Saikawa's team hypothesizes that the animal synthesizes it from amino acids (the building blocks of protein) in the presence of oxygen.
1 Gastroileal reflex is one of the ways in which gastric motility influences intestinal motility. 2  When there is vigorous gastric peristalsis of increased secretion, it stimulates peristalsis in the ileum.
tendon reflex-A type of monosynaptic ipsilateral segmental stretch reflex action in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon, e.g., the patellar reflex, the Achilles tendon reflex, the biceps reflex; its absence is generally a sign of disease.endon reflex-A type of monosynaptic ipsilateral segmental stretch reflex action in which a muscle is made to contract by a blow upon its tendon, e.g., the patellar reflex, the Achilles tendon reflex, the biceps reflex; its absence is generally a sign of disease.