A reference to the normal movements of the digestive tract or other internal organs: Because of the persisting constipation, the young child was admitted to hospital as the doctors wanted to track the visceromotor activity in his lower bowels.

An increase in the normal tension of the tissues of the abdominal muscles resulting from painful stimuli: The bloating of the calf's stomach took place because it was over eating and so its visceromotor reflex was caused by belching gas.