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Answer Contractions of the muscles move the Bolus to a Valve called the CARDIAC SPHINCTER VALVE where the Esophagus joins the Stomach.? The Sphincter allows food to pass into the stomach but usually NOT Letting it move Back Up into the Esophagus. This therefore prevents gastroesophageal reflux disease (gastric reflux)
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Cardiac sphincter Muscle(also called the LES) is a muscle that closes to prevent stomach contents (acids) from entering the esophagus. A defect in this muscle is called GERD- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (aka Reflux)
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∙ 14y agoThe lower esophageal (cardioesophageal) sphincter relaxes when a bolus of food travels down the esophagus. It also prevents stomach acid from backing up into the esophagus although many people have problems with that anyway.
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∙ 9y agoCardiac means related to heart. You have the cardiac sphincter, that is present in the stomach. The sphincter in near the upper end of the stomach, which is 'near' the heart. This sphincter prevents the back flow of acid and enzyme into the oesophagus. Thus protects the oesophagus from damage.
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∙ 14y agoSphincters prevent materials from moving backward or allow materials to move from one segment of the digestive system into the next a little at a time.
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∙ 8y agoTo hold back food or digested matter at certain points.
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Sphincter found between the esophagus and the stomach?
What is the function of the cardiac sphincter?
Cardiac sphincter function?
What is the function of the cardiac sphincter?
In the digestive system what part of the body precedes the small intestine?
The answer to the question is the pyloric sphincter. The pyloric sphincter is the part of the digestive system that precedes the small intestine.Ê
What is the ringshaped muscles in the digestive system?
The ring shaped muscle in the digestive system is the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).
Why is the sphincter at the top of the stomach called the cardiac sphincter?
i thought it was that the "cardiac" stomach provided energy for the cardiovascular system, but im not sure.
The what is a muscular structure at the anterior end of the digestive tract?
I will take a guess at this question. I think it is the Cardiac Sphincter.
What does the cardiac sphincter do in the human body?
The Cardiac sphincter prevents regurgitation of food from the stomach.
What is another name for the esophageal sphincter?
cricopharyngeal sphincter
When the cardiac sphincter relaxes food enters the?
The cardiac sphincter or aka GE junction contracts at the distal end of the esophagus. So food enters into the stomach when the cardiac sphincter is relaxed.
Is the cardiac sphincter at the junction of the stomach and small intestine?
The cardiac sphincter is the valve between the esophagus and the stomach.
Where does a bolus of carbohydrates travel in the digestive system from mouth to anus?
Bolus goes down esophagus, through lower esophageal sphincter (aka, cardiac sphincter) and into stomach. (A sphincter is a circular muscle which squeezes shut or opens the tubular digestive tract). It then passes through pyloric sphincter into small intestine. The small intestine is made up first of the duodenum, then jejunum, then ileum. From ileum, bolus goes to ascending colon, then transverse colon, then descending colon. From there to rectum and then out through anus (anal sphincter) .
What is a sphincter in the digestive system?
The pyloric sphincter regulates passage of chymefrom the stomach
