<prompt> Migrating motility complexOccurs upon arrival of food in the stomachBegins in the lower pa of the small intestineAre initiated by pacemaker cells in the intestineOccurs at a rate of 5 cms per minute from the stomach  <response>: Migrating motility complex refers to the peristaltic wave that begins in esophagus travels through the entire GIT. -The hormone motilin, released from the endocrine cells within the epithelium of small intestine initiates MMC. -MMC wave travels at a regular rate of 5cmmin. -MMC is abolished immediately after the entry of food into the stomach. Ref: guyton and hall textbook of medical physiology 12 edition page number:443,444,445 