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pylorus
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the stomach tissue region surrounding and controlling the distal outlet of the stomach, which opens into the duodenum [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith ]
Term info
Label
pylorus
Synonyms
- pars pylorica
- pars pylorica gastricae
- pyloric part of stomach
- pyloric region
- stomach pyloric region
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Gray1046.svg
editor note
We follow Kardong in defining stomach regions by glands
external definition
The orifice which allows the passage from the stomach into the intestine. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
valvula pylori
has relational adjective
pyloric
homology notes
Although all vertebrates have a digestive tract and accessory glands, various parts of this system are not necessarily homologous, analogous, or even present in all species. Therefore, broad comparisons can be best made under the listings of headgut, foregut, midgut, pancreas and biliary system, hindgut.[uncertain][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0001166
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- zone of stomach and has_part some pyloric antrum and has_part some pyloric canal and has_part some pyloric gastric gland
Subclass of:
- zone of stomach
- has_part some pyloric canal
- contributes to morphology of some stomach
- has_part some pyloric gastric gland
- has_part some pyloric antrum