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In considering the mechanism of the pylorus it is of importance to determine, first of all, if the aperture is open or closed at rest. By “at rest” is meant conditions pertaining after an overnight fast, in which the stomach is empty except for normally occurring intraluminal gas, swallowed saliva and gastric secretions; it denotes the motor quiescent phase of the interdigestive myoelectric complex, with absence of radiologically discernible motor activity.
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Keet, A.D. (1993). The Pylorus at Rest: Open or Closed?. In: The Pyloric Sphincteric Cylinder in Health and Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77708-0_12
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