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Cyclic motility of the sphincter of Oddi
Author(s) -
Yokohata Kazunori,
Tanaka Masao
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 0944-1166
DOI - 10.1007/s005340050172
Subject(s) - sphincter of oddi , motility , migrating motor complex , dyskinesia , sphincter , medicine , gastroenterology , motor activity , biology , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , parkinson's disease
The sphincter of Oddi has a cyclic motility that is closely associated with the duodenal migrating motor complex during fasting. This close association affects the bile flow mechanism and may play several roles in keeping the intestine clean and maintaining the migrating motor complex. The cyclic motility of the sphincter of Oddi changes after surgery and abnormal motility causes biliary dyskinesia. In this article, the gastrointestinal migrating motor complex and cyclic motility of the sphincter of Oddi are reviewed for better understanding of biliary and gastrointestinal physiology and the relationship between the two phenomena.