Is there any hormonal control on intestinal secretion?

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-27T17:56:56

Answer is YES, via a local hormone named Enterocrinin.

As the acidic chyme enters the duodenum from stomach, endocrinal cells of duodenal wall secrete enterocrinin in surrounding blood capillaries.

Under its influence, crypts of Lieberkuhn of small intestinal mucosa release intestinal digestive juice, namely succus entericus.