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The sphincter that opens when food or fluids exert pressure on it is the gastroesophageal sphincter. Closure of the sphincter is under the control of the vagus nerve.
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What is the name of the sphincter that opens when food or fluids exert pressure on it?
Esophageal, duodenal, urethral, and anal would all seem to fit that description.
Sphincter that opens when food or fluid exert pressure on it?
Pharyngeal-esophageal
What spincter opens when food or fluids exert pressure on it?
Esophageal, duodenal, urethral, and anal would all seem to fit that description.
What Muscle that opens to allow urine to be removed from the bladder?
sphincter
Does pyloric sphincter opens 3 times in a minute?
yes
What pH level opens the pyloric sphincter?
at the level of the first lumbar vertebra
What role do the sphincter muscles play in digestion?
The lower esophageal sphincter keeps food from coming back up, or vomiting. When you have to vomit, the sphincter opens allowing the food to come back up. There is another sphincter, the pyloric sphincter which leads into the small intestine. Hope this helps!
What is a sphincter in the digestive system?
The pyloric sphincter regulates passage of chymefrom the stomach
What is the function of internal sphincter?
its like a valve that opens when the when ur ready 2 excrete
How does the cardiac and pyloric help with digestion and absorpation?
The pyloric sphincter is a valve that opens and closes to allow chyme to leave the stomach and enter the duodenum. The cardiac sphincter is a valve that opens and closes to prevent stomach acid from going up the esophagus.
Sphincter controlling the movement of food from the stomach into the duodenum?
Pyloric sphincter controls the movement of food from stomach to duodenum. With parasympathetic or vagal stimulation it opens up or relaxes and with sympathetic stimulation it contracts or closes.
Which sphincter allows for defecation and is under voluntary control?
The external anal sphincter is under voluntary control. You have the urge to defecate because your internal anal sphincter involuntarily opens, but you can keep yourself from going to the bathroom because your external anal sphincter is voluntarily closed. Hope that helps!
