9.6 Physiological vs Pathological Gastric Motility

Physiological gastric emptying delay and pathological gastric motility disorder are different layers.

Physiological slowing = timing modulation under food structure. Pathological disorder = disease-level motility failure or obstruction-related state.

Feline FBM can discuss food-structure timing but cannot diagnose motility disease. Red flags enter Clinical Boundary Layer.

Gastric Emptying Speed under upstream food structure.

Clinical motility disease, obstruction—outside FBM diagnosis scope.

Vomiting frequency, pain, appetite—backtrace entry vs emergency boundary.

upstream food structure → gastric emptying timing → hair variables → outputs

red-flag outputs → Clinical Boundary Layer → clinical assessment

Hairball vomiting may be physiological-pathway output or may signal pathology—frequency, pain, and systemic signs determine layer.