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.
Superficial Reflexes. 1  Corneal reflex (blink reflex). 2  Involuntary blinking in response to corneal stimulation. 3  Afferent: nasociliary branch of ophthalmic branch (V1) of trigeminal nerve (5th nerve). 4  Efferent: facial nerve (7th nerve). 5  Abdominal reflex. 6  Contraction of superficial abdominal muscles when stroking abdomen lightly.