The Esophageogastrointestinal Sphincters

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Case description

Many sphincters line the gastrointestinal tract.

In addition to obvious local roles, knowledge of the different interactions allows a better understanding of certain functional disorders.For example, physiologically, rectal distension reduces peristalsis of the esophagus and stomach, closes the pylorus, in a word, slows down emptying of the stomach but also slows down the whole transit. 

This reflex is called the «recto-oesophageal-gastric reflex »  (Surg IShafik A1, El-Sibai. 2000;1(5):373-9. PMID: 11341593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE].  

tags: gastrointestinal tract esophagus

related terms: oesophagus, gastrointestinal sphincters, gastrointestinal tract sphincters

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