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    The gastric mucosa is the mucous membrane layer of the stomach, which contains the gastric pits, to which the gastric glands empty. In humans, it is about...
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    digestion. The gastric glands are located in gastric pits (foveolae) in the mucosa. The gastric mucosa is covered in surface mucous cells (foveolar cells)...
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    Stomach (redirect from Gastric)
    outer, consists of a mucosa, submucosa, muscular layer, subserosa and serosa. The inner part of the stomach wall is the gastric mucosa a mucous membrane...
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    tissue. It is the second layer of the stomach and supports the mucosa. Thickening of the gastric folds may be observed by endoscopy or radiography and may...
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    gel-like coating over the entire surface of the gastric mucosa. The mucus protects the gastric mucosa from autodigestion by e.g. pepsin and from erosion...
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    Mucous membrane (redirect from Mucosa)
    the mucosa of the uterus Gastric mucosa Intestinal mucosa Nasal mucosa Olfactory mucosa Oral mucosa Penile mucosa Respiratory mucosa Vaginal mucosa Frenulum...
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    MALT lymphoma (also called MALToma) is a form of lymphoma involving the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT), frequently of the stomach, but virtually...
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    carcinogen, and potential cancers include gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas and gastric cancer. Infection with H. pylori is responsible...
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    blood in the stool. Gastric adenocarcinoma is a malignant epithelial tumour, originating from glandular epithelium of the gastric mucosa. Stomach cancers...
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    gastric glands of the gastric mucosa beneath the epithelium, in particular in the vicinity of parietal cells, that aid in the production of gastric acid...
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    nature of gastric acid. These cells line the gastric mucosa and the gastric pits. Mucous neck cells are found in the necks of the gastric glands. The...
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    (the lumen) outwards, these are the mucosa, the submucosa, the muscular layer and the serosa or adventitia. The mucosa is the innermost layer of the gastrointestinal...
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    is a process of chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa of the stomach, leading to a loss of gastric glandular cells and their eventual replacement...
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    Gastritis (redirect from Gastric catarrh)
    pathogenesis of a number of gastroduodenal diseases. Colonization of the gastric mucosa with Helicobacter pylori results in the development of chronic gastritis...
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  • corticosteroids, antimineralocorticoids, and anticoagulants. The gastric mucosa protects itself from gastric acid with a layer of mucus, the secretion of which is...
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  • Esophageal inlet patch or heterotopic gastric mucosa of the upper esophagus or gastric inlet patch is one or more areas of tissue resembling stomach tissue...
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  • the term "erosion," in this context means damage that is limited to the mucosa (which consists of three distinct layers: The epithelium (in the case of...
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  • Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) is a common cause of colic and decreased performance in horses. Horses form ulcers in the mucosa of the stomach, leading...
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    the esophagus. The pink color of the esophageal mucosa contrasts to the deeper red of the gastric mucosa, and the mucosal transition can be seen as an irregular...
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    mechanisms of the gastric mucosa, thereby aiding in ulcer healing. Mucopolysaccharides impart structural integrity to the gastric mucosa and collagen imparts...
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    expressed in chief cells, and gastric ATPase ATP4A and gastric intrinsic factor GIF, expressed in parietal cells of the stomach mucosa. Specific proteins expressed...
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    intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is produced by parietal cells of the gastric mucosa (stomach lining) and the intrinsic factor-B12-complex is absorbed by...
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    by: Ectopic gastric or pancreatic mucosa: Where diverticulum contains embryonic remnants of mucosa of other tissue types. Secretion of gastric acid or alkaline...
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    Gastric acid, gastric juice, or stomach acid is a digestive fluid formed within the stomach lining. With a pH between 1 and 3, gastric acid plays a key...
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    Cecum (redirect from Gastric caeca)
    Body Fundus Pylorus antrum canal sphincter Gastric mucosa Gastric folds Microanatomy Gastric pits Gastric glands Cardiac glands Fundic glands Pyloric...
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    lumen, and venting in the other to reduce negative pressure and prevent gastric mucosa from being drawn into the catheter. Dobhoff tube, which is a small bore...
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    the Latin names translate to "the mucosa's own special layer" (lamina propria mucosae) and "muscular layer of the mucosa" (lamina muscularis mucosae). The...
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    Pylorus (redirect from Gastric antrum)
    pylorus contains numerous glands, including gastric pits, which constitute about half the depth of the pyloric mucosa. They consist of two or three short closed...
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    jejunum—which is exposed to ingested food—is covered in finger–like projections of mucosa, called villi, which increase the surface area of tissue available to absorb...
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    the human terminal ileum. MicroCT-based volume projection of the jejunal mucosa of a chicken. Virtual volume block with vertically truncated villi in oblique...
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