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What is the region of the stomach where the lower esophageal sphincter meets the stomach?
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∙ 15y ago
The cardia of the stomach is the region just below the Z-line at the LES. See the image link below for an image of the Z-line, LES and cardia of the stomach.
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What muscle is located at the upper and lower end of our stomach?
Both the upper and lower ends of the stomach have a sphincter that regulates flow into and out of the stomach. The lower esophageal sphincter is at the top of the stomach, and the pyloric sphincter is at the lower end of the stomach.
The sphincter muscle that controls access to the stomach from the esophagus is called?
cardiac sphincter; or gastroesophageal sphincter; or lower esophageal sphincter (LES); or esophageal sphincter from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardia
What is the name of the sphincter located between the esophagus and fundus of the stomach?
LES - Lower Esophageal Sphincter
What is the sphincter that guards the entrance of the esophagus into the stomach?
The lower esophageal sphincter guards the entrance of the stomach from the esophagus.
What are the names of the sphincters the stomach?
Sphincters are circumferential muscles that can relax or constrict to regulate the passage of material through a particular area. The stomach is bound by two sphincters in humans: the lower esophageal sphincter that keep stomach acid in the stomach and the pyloric sphincter that regulates the flow of food in the stomach into the duodenum.
What is the name of sphincter present between esophagus and stomach?
The name of the sphincter between the esophagus and the stomach is called the LES, or lower esophageal sphincter.
Regurgitation of stomach contents is normally prevented by the actions of the?
lower esophageal sphincter
Backup of food from the small intestine to the stomach is prevented by the?
Lower Esophageal Sphincter
What muscle does the esophagus pass through to reach the stomach?
The lower esophageal sphincter muscle/the cardiac sphincter muscle.
Ring like muscle that controls the flow from the stomach to the small intestine?
lower esophageal sphincter or gastroesophageal sphincter
The muscle located at the end of the esophagus that guards the stomach opening is the?
The Lower Esophageal Sphincter.
Where is the lower esophageal sphincter?
at the junction of the esophagus and stomachlower-esophageal-sphincter
