See Also: inferior oesophageal sphincter(medicine)
lower oesophageal sphincter(medicine)
superior oesophageal sphincter(medicine)
oesophageal branches of the inferior thyroid artery(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
inferior gingival branches of inferior dental plexus(medicine)
Chorda(medicine)
chorda(dictionary)
Chorda tympani(health)
chorda spermatica(medicine)

chorda-mesoderm (medicine) and inferior oesophageal sphincter (medicine)


chorda-mesoderm (medicine)


chorda-mesoderm


That part of the protoderm of a young embryo which has the potentiality of forming notochord and mesoderm.


inferior oesophageal sphincter (medicine)


inferior oesophageal sphincter


A sphincter supposedly present at the oesophagogastric junction; this is in fact an extrinsic sphincter formed by the surrounding musculature of the oesophageal hiagus of the right crus of the diaphragm; causes a normally-occuring constriction at the oesophagogastric junction observable with a barium swallow.

Synonym: sphincter constrictor cardiae.