Thoroughly updated and expanded, the Third Edition brings together 65 of the world's leading specialist investigators in gut physiology to conduct an unparalleled review of the multiple processes governing gastrointestinal function. This classic text is a resource for the active researcher, the graduate-level lecturer, and the clinical gastroenterologist seeking the latest findings on gastrointestinal regulation and growth; motility; salivary, gastric, and pancreatic secretion-digestion; and absorption.