were is sphincter of oddi located.??????????

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The sphincter of oddi is the muscular valve surrounding the exit of the bile duct and pancreatic duct into the duodenum.This muscle relaxes during a meal to allow bile and pancreatic juice to flow into the intestine. The sphincter of Oddi has three major functions: 1) regulation of bile and pancreatic flow into the duodenum, 2) diversion of hepatic bile into the gallbladder, and 3) the prevention of reflux of duodenum into pancreatic papilla

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