loading...| Preferred Name |
pylorus |
| Synonyms |
pars pylorica stomach pyloric region pars pylorica gastricae pyloric region pyloric part of stomach valvula pylori |
| Definitions |
The stomach tissue region surrounding and controlling the distal outlet of the stomach, which opens into the duodenum. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001166 |
| contributes to morphology of | |
| database_cross_reference |
EHDAA2:0001580 VHOG:0000420 GAID:333 Wikipedia:Pylorus BTO:0001146 FMA:14581 EMAPA:17631 MESH:A03.492.766.799 EHDAA:4860 NCIT:C12260 galen:Pylorus MA:0002560 SCTID:362143006 UMLS:C0034196 |
| definition |
The stomach tissue region surrounding and controlling the distal outlet of the stomach, which opens into the duodenum. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Gray1046.svg |
| editor note |
We follow Kardong in defining stomach regions by glands |
| has part |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008861 |
| has_exact_synonym |
pars pylorica stomach pyloric region pars pylorica gastricae pyloric region pyloric part of stomach |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
valvula pylori |
| id |
UBERON:0001166 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
pylorus |
| notation |
UBERON:0001166 |
| prefLabel |
pylorus |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
The orifice which allows the passage from the stomach into the intestine. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000003 |
Although all vertebrates have a digestive tract and accessory glands, various parts of this system are not necessarily homologous, analogous, or even present in all species. Therefore, broad comparisons can be best made under the listings of headgut, foregut, midgut, pancreas and biliary system, hindgut.[uncertain][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000007 |
pyloric |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040 |