Term: cardiac sphincter: the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: tone: a musical interval of two semitones
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: upright: a vertical structural member as a post or stake
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: fish stew: a stew made with fish
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: hornwort: liverworts with slender hornlike capsules
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: sensitization: (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: whooping crane: rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: heliophila: any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: diaspora: the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: inclination: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Broader: physiological sphincter: a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue | Unrelated: diode: a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier