Ileo-cecal junction: A valve or a sphincter? An experimental study in the opossum

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 834-839

  Calabuig, R ^a,b   Weems, W A ^a   Moody, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE VILADECANS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colon; Ileo cecal sphincter; Ileo cecal valve; Ileum; Motility; Valve of bahuin

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM DISEASE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEUM DISEASE; MANOMETRY; OPOSSUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CECAL DISEASES; ILEAL DISEASES; ILEOCECAL VALVE; MANOMETRY; OPOSSUMS; PRESSURE;

EID: 0030340119     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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