pyloruksen
Pyloruksen is a term occasionally encountered in speculative discussions describing a proposed regulatory concept associated with the pyloric region of the stomach. It is not a standard anatomical term and has no formal standing in mainstream anatomy or physiology. The form appears to be a neologism that combines the root "pylorus" with a generic suffix used in systems biology to denote modules or units.
Concept and proposed function: In these contexts, pyloruksen is imagined as a discrete regulatory module that
Relation to established anatomy: The pyloric region comprises the distal stomach (pyloric antrum), the pyloric sphincter,
See also: pylorus, pyloric sphincter, gastric emptying, enteric nervous system.