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It is located between where your stomach and 'food tube (eosophagus)' join. It prevents the reflux or return of foods, digestive juices (including hydrochloric acid) back into your eosophagus. Continual reflux will cause damage to the eosophagus.
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What does the cardiac sphincter do in the human body?
The Cardiac sphincter prevents regurgitation of food from the stomach.
The stomach sphincter that keeps food from reentering the esophagus when the stomach contracts is known as the?
It is known as the lower esophageal sphincter or sometimes the cardioesophageal sphincter.
What are muscles that are found at the opening of the body?
Well, your anus contains the anal sphincter which, technically, is an opening of the body. So I would probably say the answer you are looking for is a sphincter muscle. Otherwise known as circular muscles
What is the purpose of the sphincter in a pig?
The main purpose of the sphincter is to control or limit a passage way to one direction. There are two main sphincters in pigs, the cardiac sphincter that controls the passageway from the esophagus into the stomach. And the pyloric sphincter that controls the passageway into the duodenum.
What is the purpose of the human spleen?
To make your body flexible
What is the functin of the sphincter?
The sphincter muscle holds the contents of the bowel inside the body until you're ready to release it into a toilet.
What is the area of the body around the belly button is called?
This is called the pyloric region. A sphincter called the pyloric sphincter is found there.
Which part of the human body doesn't serve any purpose?
ears
What is the normal function of the body of a human?
The main function of the human body is the reproduction function. The human body like the body of any living creature has one purpose and one purpose only - the perpetuation of the specie. Nature, weather it is created or not, is based on a single law: Grow or Die.
What is a sphincter structures?
a ring of muscle that controls the release of an organs products. EXAMPLE: Pyloric Sphincter controls release of chyme. Cardiac Sphincter controls deposition of food into the stomach from the esophagus. External Urethral Sphincter controls release of urine. External Anal Sphincter controls release of defecation.
Radioactive isotopes are sometimes introduced into the human body for the purpose of?
curing diseases
What is the purpose of carbohydrates in human systems?
To Supply Energy
