cardiac sphincter

cardiac sphincter

n.

See lower esophageal sphincter.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cardiac sphincter - the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction esophagus, gullet, oesophagus, gorge - the passage between the pharynx and the stomach physiological sphincter - a sphincter that is not recognizable at autopsy because its resting arrangement cannot be distinguished from adjacent tissue