Sentences with phrase «esophageal muscle»

Breeds prone to vomit because they have polymyositis (poly meaning «many» and myositis meaning «inflamed muscle»), which causes pets to vomit because esophageal muscles don't work, are Collies and Shetland Sheepdogs.

But in this case, the juvenile's esophagus is not constricted by a fibrous ring, instead, the nerves that normally stimulate the esophageal muscles to constrict in rhythmic waves are dysfunctional.

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Infant Acid Reflux: Infant GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) can trigger colic as a result of an underdeveloped lower esophageal sphincter, which is the muscle that keeps stomach acid from flowing back up into the throat and mouth.

The exact cause of GERD is not known but it may occur when the lower esophageal sphincter, a muscle which is located at the bottom of the esophagus and normally functions to prevent food and acid from backing up into the esophagus, malfunctions.

Naturally, there is a separation between the stomach and the esophagus formed by a muscle that is known as the lower esophageal sphincter or LES.

Remember, their little muscles are still developing like the esophageal sphincter that acts as a valve between the esophagus and the stomach.

In reflux, the muscle at the top of the stomach (called the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES) allows stomach contents to come up out of the stomach and into the esophagus.

There is a muscle (the lower esophageal sphincter) that acts as a valve between the esophagus and stomach.

The stomach acids and food that keeps coming up are often due to the underdeveloped lower esophageal sphincter muscle between the stomach and the esophagus.

Mayo Clinic noted that reflux in infants is so common because a baby's lower esophageal sphincter, the ring of muscle between the esophagus and stomach, is not fully mature yet, leading your infant's stomach contents to flow backward.

Infants spit up after feedings because the lower esophageal sphincter muscle, which serves as a trapdoor between the esophagus and the stomach, is weak in babies, allowing food to slosh back up the pipe more easily.

Over the course of the first year, the esophageal sphincter muscle firms up, and your baby will begin eating heavier foods and sitting completely upright to eat — all of which help chronic reflux subside.

In severe cases of reflux, surgery to repair the esophageal sphincter muscle may also be an option.

In GERD, stomach acid splashes up into the esophagus due to a weak lower esophageal sphincter (LES)-- a ring of muscle that normally contains stomach acid.

''... [I] nspiration [inhalation] lowers the thoracic pressure while the lower esophageal sphincter is contracted and the abdominal muscles are contracting forcefully, thus building up pressure within the abdominal cavity.

In GERD, stomach acid splashes up into the esophagus due to a weak lower esophageal sphincter)-- a ring of muscle that normally contains stomach acid.

At the very opening of your stomach is a tight band of muscle shaped like a ring that relaxes and contracts to let food in — it's called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).

The smooth muscle of the stomach is also stimulated by the bitter reflex, which increases the rate of gastric emptying, and contracts the esophageal sphincter to prevent the movement of acidic stomach contents upwards into the esophagus.

At the bottom of the esophagus there is a muscle called the esophageal sphincter.

Esophageal achalasia: a functional stricture or spasm of the muscles of the esophagus where it joins the stomach.

Fluoroscopy is especially useful when pets have esophageal problems or muscle problems that prevent the esophagus from contracting and passing food along to the stomach.

Since cats are 4 - legged and thus have a horizontal (rather than vertical) esophagus, swallowed food can hit up against the esophageal sphincter (a ring of smooth muscle fibers that closes off the stomach from the esophagus), and cause regurgitation of food just a few minutes after eating.