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Pylorus

"Pylorus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The region of the STOMACH at the junction with the DUODENUM. It is marked by the thickening of circular muscle layers forming the pyloric sphincter to control the opening and closure of the lumen.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pylorus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pylorus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2005
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