|
| | |
Sphincter of Oddi
Sphincter of Oddi The muscle between the common bile duct and pancreatic ducts.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Muscle
Tissue made up of bundles of long, slender cells that contract when stimulated.
Bile
Fluid made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps break down fats and gets rid of wastes in the body.
Duct
A channel or passage through which fluids move.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Sphincter
A ring-like band of muscle that opens and closes an opening in the body. An example is the muscle between the esophagus and the stomach known as the lower esophageal sphincter.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Spastic colon
See irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
SPECT
Single-photon emission computed tomography. In nuclear medicine, it provides 3-D computer-reconstructed images of multiple views of the region of interest.
Spectroscopy
The science of measuring the emission and absorption of different wavelengths (spectra) of visible and non-visible light, this can be done via a spectroscope, which consists of a slit, prism, collimator lens, object lens, and a grating.
Sphygmomanometer
The instrument used to measure blood pressure.
Sphincter
A ring-like band of muscle that opens and closes an opening in the body. An example is the muscle between the esophagus and the stomach known as the lower esophageal sphincter.
Sphincter of Oddi
Spinal anesthesia
Injection of an anesthetic into the area around the spinal cord to block pain sensation during surgery.
Spine
A column in the body consisting of 33 vertebrae.
Spleen
The organ that cleans blood and makes white blood cells.
Splenic flexure syndrome
A condition that occurs when air or gas collects in the upper parts of the colon. Causes pain in the upper left abdomen. The pain often moves to the left chest and may be confused with heart problems.
Spondylosis
A degenerative process of the cervical spine that causes narrowing of the spinal canal and neural foramina, and produces compression of the spinal cord and nerve roots.
We thank you for using the Health Dictionary to search for Sphincter of Oddi. If you have a better definition for Sphincter of Oddi than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Sphincter of Oddi may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Sphincter of Oddi and any other medical topic for the public at large.This dictionary contains 25007 terms. |
|
|
