pylorus

Signification (Anglais)

1. In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
2. A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

Concepts

pylore

cardia

estomac

orifice inférieur de l’estomac

Synonymes

cardia

stomach

tripes

narrow outlet of stomach

gaster

ventriculus

vells

gate of the stomach

Traductions

piloro

píloro

Pylorus

pílor

Magenpförtner

πυλωρός

piloro

pylorus

stomaco

Ventriculus

Kuttel

Gaster

cardias

Pförtner

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin pylōrus, from Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, “gatekeeper”).