musculus dilator pylori ilealis

di·la·tor (mus·cle) of il·e·o·ce·cal sphinc·ter

the longitudinal muscular fibers that open the ileal orifice at the level of the cecocolic junction. Synonym(s): musculus dilator pylori ilealis

musculus dilator pylori ilealis

An obsolete term that formerly dignified the more superficial fibres of the longitudinal tunica of the terminal ileum’s muscularis propriae, which extended into the ileocecal valve.