| Term Name: | pylorus |
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| Synonyms: | pars pylorica, pars pylorica gastricae, pyloric part of stomach, pyloric region, stomach pyloric region, valvula pylori |
| Definition: | the stomach tissue region surrounding and controlling the distal outlet of the stomach, which opens into the duodenum |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0001166] |