pylorus

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

cardia

stomach

tripes

narrow outlet of stomach

gaster

ventriculus

vells

gate of the stomach

Traducións

piloro

pylore

píloro

Pylorus

pílor

Magenpförtner

πυλωρός

pylorus

piloro

cardia

Ventriculus

Kuttel

estomac

Gaster

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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