ileocecal sphincter (valve)
Ileocecal valve
ileocecal sphincter
pyloric sphincter
a sphincter is basically your anus
The ring like muscle that controls the flow from the stomach to the small intestine is called the pylorus or the pyloric sphincter. It is divided into two parts: the pyloric antrum which is connected to the body of the stomach and the pyloric canal which is connected to the beginning of the small intestine (the duodenum).
The ring of muscle at the entrance to the stomach is the lower esophageal sphincter. This muscle is normally contracted to close the esophagus. At the lower end of the stomach food passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum of the small intestine.
The opening between the stomach and the small intestine is called the Pyloric Sphincter- it is a ring of muscle that contracts when the stomach is full, to seal off the opening to the small intestine whilst foodstuffs are liquified in the stomach. When this has been done, the sphincter muscle relaxes, re-opening the channel to allow the liquified nutrients into the intestines.
lower esophageal sphincter or gastroesophageal sphincter
The pyloric sphincter
The sphincter muscle, or ileocecal valve is located at the junction of the small and large intestine.
The sphincter muscle, or ileocecal valve is located at the junction of the small and large intestine.
The food in the stomach are known as chyme at this stage. The pyloric sphincter (a muscle) ensures that chyme is released bit by bit into the small intestine.
The pyloric sphincter regulates the passage of chyme into the duodenum (sm. intestine).
It is called pyloric sphincter and it regulates the passage of digested food from the stomach onto the duodenum ( small intestine ).
Pyloric sphincter is located at the base of the stomach and is the contracting ring of muscle which guards the entrance of the to small intestine.
Pyloric sphincter is located at the base of the stomach and is the contracting ring of muscle which guards the entrance of the to small intestine.It keeps the stomach shut at the far end so that it has a chance to digest proteins, then it opens and allows the contents of the stomach, now called chyme, to pass through the pyloric sphincter and enter the small intestine; the first section is called the duodenum and it does the majority of digestion and some absorption.It controls the emptying of chyme into duodenum.