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sphincterotomy, which means cutting of the sphincter or muscle that lies at the juncture of the intestine with both the bile and pancreatic ducts.
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Internal sphincter: Part of the muscular bladder wall acts as the internal urethral sphincter and prevents urine from leaving the bladder to enter the urethra.
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To use the sphincter, the person will squeeze the pump to divert urine (or feces) from the cuff to the balloon. This action will allow the sphincter to relax so that the person can urinate (or defecate).
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LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER - A muscular sphincter located at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach. On closure the LES prevents the back wash (reflux) of stomach acid into the esophagus where it may damage the mucosa. See GERD.
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Sphincter muscles, external and internal, in your anus — a short canal that's the outlet for your rectum — serve as the final valve. As your rectal walls stretch, they signal the need to release stool.
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Sphincter weakness may occur in men following prostate surgery or in women after pelvic surgery.
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sphincter (SFINK-tur):
A round muscle that opens and closes to let fluid or other matter pass into or out of an organ. Sphincter muscles keep the bladder closed until it is time to urinate.
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The sphincter muscle sometimes does not work properly if:
You are overweight.
You are pregnant.
You have a hiatal hernia.
You eat too much.
You lie down soon after eating.
You wear tight clothes that push on your stomach.
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This sphincter relaxes during swallowing to allow food to pass. It then tightens to prevent flow in the opposite direction.
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Esophageal sphincter
A circular band of muscle that closes the last few centimeters of the esophagus and prevents the backward flow of stomach contents.
Esophagomyotomy ...
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Artificial sphincter for urinary incontinence in men
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RELIEVE SPASM OF SPHINCTER ANI MUSCLE"Prolonged Neutral or Hot Sitz Bath; Warm Colonic; Hot Colonic; Fomentations over the nates (the "nates" are the fleshy prominences formed by the gluteal muscles"the area where a child is spanked).
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muscle; palatognathous; palatogram; palatograph; palatomaxillary; palatomaxillary index; palatomaxillary suture; palatomyograph; palatonares; palatonasal; palatopharyngeal; palatopharyngeal arch; palatopharyngeal muscle; palatopharyngeal sphincter; ...
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Certain foods cause the esophageal sphincter to relax for an hour or more while they are being digested. Avoid these foods, especially coffee, chocolate, fatty foods, whole milk, peppermint and spearmint.
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two sphincter muscles - circular muscles that help keep urine from leaking by closing tightly like a rubber band around the opening of the bladder.
nerves in the bladder - alert a person when it is time to urinate, or empty the bladder.
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Metoclopramide also increases lower esophageal sphincter pressure and enhances the rate of gastric emptying, which may factor into its overall antiemetic effect.
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Weakness of the sphincter, the circular muscles of the bladder responsible for opening and closing it; this can happen following prostate surgery in men, or vaginal surgery in women ...
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These cells are found in the muscles around blood vessels and in the sphincter muscles that act as a valve at the opening of the bladder into the urethra. The drugs work by relaxing the sphincter muscles to increase the flow of urine.
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For example, if the sphincter at the bottom of the stomach contracts too strongly, the stomach contents won't be able to leave the stomach.
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STUART SPECHLER, MD: Ordinarily, there's a muscle arrangement at the end of the esophagus-it's called the lower esophageal sphincter-and what that muscle is supposed to do is to squeeze, ...
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Several factors -- ranging from medications to lifestyle issues -- can cause this sphincter to relax inappropriately. Some blood pressure medications and breathing medication can weaken the LES. Caffeine and tobacco can be at fault.
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Achalasia
Diffuse esophageal spasm
Hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter (the muscle at the end of the esophagus that allows food to pass into the stomach)
Nutcracker esophagus
Scleroderma ...
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Babies spit up because, in about half of all infants, the valve at the upper end of the stomach (the esophageal sphincter) hasn't closed properly. This should change by the end of the first year.
Until then:
3. RASHES ...
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Thirty patients with severe outlet obstruction constipation were treated by a specialist nurse using three or four sessions of visual and auditory feedback of anal sphincter pressures.
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Bile is a digestive fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder which normally is released into the duodenum portion of the small intestine through the sphincter of Oddi.
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As the child strains, the anus stretches and the mucous lining cracks like a split lip. The passing stools irritate the wound and cause the surrounding muscles (the sphincter muscles) to go into spasms.
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Surgery in which the upper dome-shaped portion of the stomach is sutured around the lower esophagus to increase the pressure on the esophogeal side of the sphincter and prevent reflux is also used to treat GERD.
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The symptoms are probably caused by spasms of the sphincter muscles of the bladder and the pelvic floor. This may also increase the pressure in the urethra, which forces urine down into the prostate.
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