pylorus

Significado (Inglês)

  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.

Conceitos

saída do estômago

cárdia

Piloro

Sinônimos

narrow outlet of stomach

gate of the stomach

Traduções

Etimologia (Inglês)

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

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