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They are variable controls which can open to allow the passage of material and then closed to prevent further passage of materials. If you didn't have an anal sphincter you'd really have problems.

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Which sphincters function as regulatory valves that reduce the flow of blood through a network of capillaries when they contract and constrict the arterioles?

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Sphincters prevent material from flowing backwards, like the pyloric sphincter in the stomach.


Do sphincters prevent backflow?

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What are sphincters and how are related to the stomach?

Sphincters are circumferential muscles that can relax or constrict to regulate the passage of material through a particular area. The stomach is bound by two sphincters in humans: the lower esophageal sphincter that keep stomach acid in the stomach and the pyloric sphincter that regulates the flow of food in the stomach into the duodenum.


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the Precapillary Sphincters control blood pressure and body temperature by regulating the flow of blood to the capillary bed.


The amount of blood that flows into capillaries is regulated by?

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