Sphincter-of-oddi Definition

noun

(anatomy) A muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.

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Noun

Singular:
sphincter-of-oddi
Plural:
sphincters of Oddi

Origin of Sphincter-of-oddi

  • After Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist.

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