Concept Information
Lower Esophageal Sphincter
Anatomical Terms Info - Concept Id (ATI-ConceptId / ATICID)
7341
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| by: O. Paul Gobée, MD., Netherlands [Change Id: 10355] | |
| NEW Structure/Concept: | This new Concept [ATI-ConceptId:7341] |
| SET (or ADDED) Definition or Description: | The dynamically thickened smooth muscles of the esophagus wall where the {esophagus} pierces the {diaphragm}. |
| SET (or ADDED) Term for this Structure/Concept: | Lower Esophageal Sphincter |
| Primary Term: | Lower Esophageal Sphincter |
| Real/Virtual: | Physical structure (including spaces) or referring to something physical, such as an area, shape, line, etc. |
| Observation Scale: | Macroscopic |
| Developmental Phase: | Postnatal |
| Normal/Variation: | Normal / canonic |
| Singular/Plural: | Singular |
| Repetition Pattern: | Occurs only once in the body |
| Left/right specific: | Generic (side not specified) |
| Numbered: | This concept/structure is NOT numbered |
| SET (or ADDED) Contributor: | O. Paul Gobée, MD., Anatomist, e-learning developer, Netherlands |
| SET (or ADDED) Link/Relation: | Crus dextrum (Diaphragma) [ATI-ConceptId: 6982] is a similar concept (not further specified) as Lower Esophageal Sphincter [ATI-ConceptId: 7341] |
| by: O. Paul Gobée, MD., Netherlands [Change Id: 10356] | |
| NEW Term for this Structure/Concept: | LES |
| by: O. Paul Gobée, MD., Netherlands [Change Id: 10357] | |
| NEW Term for this Structure/Concept: | Lower Oesophageal Sphincter |
| by: O. Paul Gobée, MD., Netherlands [Change Id: 10358] | |
| NEW Term for this Structure/Concept: | LOS |
| by: O. Paul Gobée, MD., Netherlands [Change Id: 10359] | |
| NEW Term for this Structure/Concept: | Internal Sphincter of the oesophageal-diaphragmatic junction |