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Effect of active relaxation on the shape of the bolus. (a) Bolus shape with active relaxation in a finite segment distal to the contraction. A prominent bulge is formed in the presence of localized active relaxation; (b) Bolus shape without localized active relaxation. Typically, there is no prominent bulge in the absence of localized active relaxation.
