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Page 4: Parasympathetic and sympathetic nerves innervate the GI tract. â¢ Both parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous. system control digestion by contacting the enteric nervous system in the. wall of the digestive tract. â¢ The parasympathetic division typically stimulates digestion while the. sympathetic division typically inhibits it.
1 Reduces gastric acid secretion and gastric emptying (passing of food from the stomach into the duodenum). 2  Stimulates pancreatic enzyme secretion. 3  Stimulates gallbladder contraction and bile flow. 4  Opens the sphincter of Oddi which allows the pancreatic enzymes and bile to enter the small intestine. Reduces gastric acid secretion and gastric emptying (passing of food from the stomach into the duodenum). 2  Stimulates pancreatic enzyme secretion. 3  Stimulates gallbladder contraction and bile flow. 4  Opens the sphincter of Oddi which allows the pancreatic enzymes and bile to enter the small intestine.