Abstract
The junctional areas between the different parts of the gastrointestinal tract are usually defined by valves or sphincters. This rule is almost universal, in so far as there is the cardiac sphincter between the oesophagus and the stomach, the pyloric sphincter between the stomach and the duodenum, and the ileocaecal ‘valve’ between the terminal portion of the small intestine and the commencement of the large bowel.
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Baker, W.N.W., Mann, C.V. (1981). The Rectosigmoid Junction Zone: Another Sphincter?. In: Thomas, P.A., Mann, C.V. (eds) Alimentary Sphincters and their Disorders. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03940-1_9
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