The thick circular layer of smooth gastric musculature encircling the gastroesophageal junction that functions to reduce backflow into the esophagus from the stomach. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0010153 ]
Synonyms: cardiac sphincter gastroesophageal sphincter inferior esophageal sphincter gastroesophageal sphincter muscle
Term information
- galen:LowerEsophagealSphincter
- MESH:D049630 (https://github.com/biopragmatics/biomappings)
- MA:0002951
- NCIT:C33009
- UMLS:C0227192 (ncithesaurus:Lower_Esophageal_Sphincter)
- SCTID:267809009
- EMAPA:18267
- FMA:14915
pheno_slim
esophageal-cardiac junction
gastroesophageal junction
cardiac sphincter
gastroesophageal sphincter
esophageal sphincter
esophagogastric junction
constrictor cardiae
gastro-oesophageal junction
lower esophageal sphincter
LES
gastro-esophageal junction
gastro-esophageal sphincter
esophageal sphincter%2c lower
Term relations
- gastrointestinal sphincter
- sphincter muscle
- part of some cardia of stomach
- contributes to morphology of some cardia of stomach