Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects: 1  unusual bleeding such as nosebleeds, bleeding gums, or any bleeding that will not stop;  pale skin, fever, easy bruising, purple or red spots under your skin;
The ileocecal valve is a sphincter muscle and its function is to allow the passage of digested food frâ¦om the small intestine into the large intestine, as well as preventing the reflux of the contents of the large intestine back into the ileum (the last part of the small intestine).
anal sphincter, sphincter aÂ´ni sphincter muscle of anus (external or internal). cardiac sphincter, cardioesophageal sphincter muscle fibers about the opening of the esophagus into the stomach. external sphincter of female urethra external sphincter muscle of female urethra.external sphincter of male urethra external sphincter muscle of male urethra.ardiac sphincter a sphincter between the esophagus and the stomach, opening at the approach of food that can then be swept into the stomach by rhythmic peristaltic waves. sphincter of Oddi a sheath of muscle fibers investing the associated bile and pancreatic passages as they traverse the wall of the duodenum.