pylorus
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- noun
- /pɪˈlɔrəs/
- Specialized
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píloro
- F. perrara is specific to the worker pylorus and results in a host melanization response, while B. apis appears in the hindguts of older foragers 28, 54-56.
Examples
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Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure) and pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Whipple Procedure/Pylorus
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- Pylorus.
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It passed through her stomach, through her pylorus, and it's in the upper part of what we call the duodenum of the small intestine.
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The taxonomic shift at the pylorus demarcates a steep physiological gradient in the adult.
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A barium study via the Ryles tube revealed antral ulcers with strictures in the adjacent pylorus and duodenum.
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The small intestine, whose primary function is in nutrient digestion and absorption, starts at the pylorus directly downstream of the stomach and terminates at the ileocecal valve.
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True, because the duodenum is removed, another expected sequela of the operation is, depending on whether the pylorus is spared, having to eat a diet like that of patients who have their stomachs (or large portions thereof) removed (more on that later).
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The pylorus acts as a gateway from the stomach to the duodenum, controlling the passage of food.
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During digestion, food exits the stomach through the pylorus and enters the small intestine.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pylorus comes from an old Greek root pyl- meaning 'gate', the same root you can see in pylon. So the pylorus is like the stomach's 'gate' that controls when food passes into the small intestine.