A strong ring of smooth muscle at the end of the pyloric canal which lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum. It receives sympathetic innervation from the celiac ganglion[WP]. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: pyloric valve
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- SCTID:268073008
- XAO:0000457
- NCIT:C33433
- AAO:0011093
- EMAPA:19251
- VHOG:0001466
- FMA:14916
- MA:0002952
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- gastrointestinal sphincter
- sphincter muscle
- part of some pylorus
- continuous with some pyloric canal
- adjacent to some duodenum
- contributes to morphology of some pylorus
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