Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Esophageal Sphincter, Lower
Synonyms

Sphincter, Gastroesophageal

Gastroesophageal Sphincter

Gastroesophageal Sphincters

Lower Esophageal Sphincter

Sphincter, Lower Esophageal

Definitions

The physiologic or functional barrier to GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX at the esophagogastric junction. Sphincteric muscles remain tonically contracted during the resting state and form the high-pressure zone separating the lumen of the ESOPHAGUS from that of the STOMACH. (Haubrich et al, Bockus Gastroenterology, 5th ed., pp399, 415)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D049630

altLabel

Sphincter, Gastroesophageal

Gastroesophageal Sphincter

Gastroesophageal Sphincters

Lower Esophageal Sphincter

Sphincter, Lower Esophageal

AN

diseases: coordinate IM with ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES (IM) or specific esophageal disease (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS (IM) or ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS (IM) depending on text

AQL

AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU UL VI

cui

C0227192

DC

1

definition

The physiologic or functional barrier to GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX at the esophagogastric junction. Sphincteric muscles remain tonically contracted during the resting state and form the high-pressure zone separating the lumen of the ESOPHAGUS from that of the STOMACH. (Haubrich et al, Bockus Gastroenterology, 5th ed., pp399, 415)

DX

20050101

FX

D005764

HN

2005

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000098

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000648

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000469

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000002

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000033

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000254

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000473

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000737

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000294

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000293

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000166

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528

Inverse of RO

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005764

Machine permutation

2005

MDA

20040707

MMR

20181005

MN

A03.556.875.500.414.350

A02.633.570.210

A03.556.875.875.330.350

notation

D049630

prefLabel

Esophageal Sphincter, Lower

TERMUI

T588638

T588639

T000946921

TH

NLM (2005)

NLM (2020)

tui

T023

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D004943

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009130

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