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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.
Term:pyloric sphincter
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Definition:A strong ring of smooth muscle at the end of the pyloric canal which lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum. It receives sympathetic innervation from the celiac ganglion[WP].
Comment:[homology-note] "(...) the adult Xenopus stomach exhibits both glandular and aglandular regions and a distinct pyloric sphincter similar to that of the amniotic vertebrates (...).[uncertain][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001466", ontology="VHOG", source="DOI:10.1046/j.1525-142x.2000.00076.x", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:exact_synonym: pyloric valve
 xref: AAO:0011093;   EMAPA:19251;   FMA:14916;   MA:0002952;   NCI:C33433;   SCTID:268073008;   UMLS:C0227238;   VHOG:0001466;   XAO:0000457
 external_ontology: never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:8355


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          anatomical system 0
            alimentary part of gastrointestinal system 0
              gastrointestinal sphincter 0
                pyloric sphincter 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        subdivision of digestive tract 0
                          foregut 0
                            stomach 0
                              zone of stomach 0
                                pylorus 0
                                  pyloric sphincter 0
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