in eructation the passive increase in pressure of about 7-15 mmhg -- the filling phase -- associated with entry of gas into the oesophagus was commonly ( in 96.6 % of thirty eructations ) terminated by contractions in the caudal thoracic oesophagus ( c.t.o . ) .
C0014876
oesophagus
C0227188
thoracic oesophagus