sphincter of Oddi

noun

A muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.

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Meanings

nounsphincter of Oddi (plural sphincters of Oddi)

plural sphincters of Oddi

  1. anatomyA muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.

Origin

After Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist.

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