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cardiac sphincter

DEFINITIONS OF: cardiac sphincter

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n the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction

Type of:
physiological sphincter
a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue
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