pyloric sphincter

noun

Muscular valve connecting the stomach to the duodenum and regulating flow of materials out of the stomach.

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pyloric valvemusculus sphincter pylori
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Meanings

nounpyloric sphincter (plural pyloric sphincters)

plural pyloric sphincters

  1. anatomyMuscular valve connecting the stomach to the duodenum and regulating flow of materials out of the stomach.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenum

Similar
pyloric valvemusculus sphincter pylori
Broader
sphincteranatomical sphinctersphincter muscle
Also see
pyloric valvepylorus

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