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The pylorus (G., gatekeeper) is the distal, sphincteric regionof the pyloric part. It is a marked thickening of the circular layer of smooth muscle that controls discharge of the stomach contents through the pyloric orifice (inferior opening or outlet of the stomach) into the duodenum(Fig. 2.37D). ................
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