Glisson sphincter
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Sphincter of ampulla — Interior of the descending portion of the duodenum, showing bile papilla. Latin m. sphincter ampullae MeSH … Wikipedia
sphincter — A muscle that encircles a duct, tube, or orifice in such a way that its contraction constricts the lumen or orifice. SYN: musculus s. [TA], s. muscle [TA]. [G. sphinkter, a band or lace] s. of ampulla s. of hepatopancreatic ampulla. anatomic s.… … Medical dictionary
Sphincter — A sphincter is an anatomical structure, or a circular muscle, that normally maintains constriction of a natural body passage or orifice and which relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning. Sphincters are found in many animals; there … Wikipedia
Glisson capsule sling sphincter — Glis·son capsule, sling, sphincter (glisґən) [Francis Glisson, English physician and anatomist, 1597–1677] see capsula fibrosa perivascularis hepatis and musculus sphincter ampullae hepatopancreaticae, and see under sling … Medical dictionary
Sphincter of Oddi — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Interior of the descending portion of the duodenum, showing bile papilla. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = Oddi s+Sphincter MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
Glisson — Francis, English physician, anatomist, physiologist and pathologist, 1597–1677. See G. capsule, G. cirrhosis, G. sphincter … Medical dictionary
musculus sphincter ampullae hepatopancreaticae — [TA] sphincter of hepatopancreatic ampulla: muscle fibers investing the hepatopancreatic ampulla in the wall of the duodenum; called also Oddi muscle, sphincter of Oddi, and Glisson sphincter … Medical dictionary
Common bile duct — Digestive system diagram showing the common bile duct Latin ductus choledochus Gray s … Wikipedia
Ruggero Oddi — (July 20, 1864 March 22, 1913) was an Italian physiologist and anatomist who was a native of Perugia. He studied medicine at Perugia, Bologna and Florence, and in 1894 was appointed head of the Physiology Institute at the University of Genoa. In… … Wikipedia
List of human anatomical parts named after people — This is a list of human anatomical parts named after people. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.:For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.Alphabetical listFor clarity, entries are listed by the name … Wikipedia
