What part of the brain controls digestion and the digestive system?

Question

just the answer to the question - unless there are more than one part of the brain that controls digestion

Answer 1

The Medula Oblingata, is controls involuntary movments and actions in the body such as breathing, heart beat, digestion...

Answer 2

Actually the digestive systems runs almost on autopilot. Between the layers of the walls of the gut lies two nerve plexuses, the submucosal and the myenteric. Together these are called the enteric brain and these function to provide all the movements of the gut without using any brain to do so. The rate of digestion is controlled by the autonomic nervous system, the parasympathetic increases the rate and the sympathetic decreases the rate. In addition to the enteric brain, the gut motility, acid secretion, control of the gall bladder is largely controlled by local hormones. Hormones like secretin, choleocystekinin, gastrin and others. Bon appetite

Answer 3

There are number of connections between the brain and the digestive system:

"Nerves: The nerves are the terminal branches of the right and left urethra and other parts, the former being distributed upon the back, and the latter upon the front part of the organ. A great number of branches from the celiac plexus of the sympathetic are also distributed to it. Nerve plexuses are found in the submucous coat and between the layers of the muscular coat as in the intestine. From these plexuses fibrils are distributed to the muscular tissue and the mucous membrane. Contrary to popular belief, you have more nerve endings in your stomach than in your head. "
From Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach

Endocrine system:
There are two endocrine glands in the brain. The hormones may effect the digestive tract directly or indirectly. The glands in the brain are the Pineal gland and the Pituitary gland .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

I think parasympathetic nervous system controls digestion processes. It actually increases digestion why relaxing the heart (decrease heart excitation). That's why when you eat, your heart is relax, but your digestive system is excited. Then you'd feel sleepy after a big meal.

Sympathetic nervous system in other hands, increase heart rate or excite the heart. Totally opposite.

(your spinal cord also control parts of digestion, such as the medula controls how you swallow foods).

Answer 5

This is an accurate high school level representation of the digestive process. I did the digestion chapter not too long ago in advanced biology.

Answer 6

parasympathetic nerves because it stimulates the secretion of pancreatic juice, gastric juice and the secretion of the salivary amylase