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  2. Gastric glands - Wikipedia

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    Gastric glands are mostly exocrine glands [2] and are all located beneath the gastric pits within the gastric mucosa. [3] The gastric mucosa is pitted with innumerable gastric pits which each house 3-5 gastric glands. [ 4 ]

  3. Gastric mucosa - Wikipedia

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    In the pyloric region the glands are known as pyloric glands, and in the rest of the stomach they are called gastric glands. [1] Several types of endocrine cells are found in the gastric glands. The pyloric glands contain gastrin-producing cells ; this hormone stimulates acid production from the parietal cells.

  4. List of glands of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Peyer's patches (or glands) ileum, lymphatic glands Pineal gland: brain: melatonin: 32 Prostate: surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder: tubulo-alveolar 33 Pyloric glands: antrum of the pylorus, stomach: mucous, gastrin: simple branched tubular 34 Sebaceous gland: skin: sebum acinar - branched 35 Skene's gland, lesser vestibular ...

  5. Stomach - Wikipedia

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    The mucosa lining the stomach is lined with gastric pits, which receive gastric juice, secreted by between 2 and 7 gastric glands. [citation needed] Gastric juice is an acidic fluid containing hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes. [21] The glands contains a number of cells, with the function of the glands changing depending on their position ...

  6. Gastric pits - Wikipedia

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    Gastric juice, containing gastric acid, is secreted from gastric glands, which are located in gastric pits. Gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen and mucus. Hydrochloric acid is secreted by parietal cells, pepsinogen is secreted by gastric chief cells and mucus is secreted by mucous neck cells. [3]

  7. G cell - Wikipedia

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    A G cell or gastrin cell is a type of cell in the stomach and duodenum that secretes gastrin.It works in conjunction with gastric chief cells and parietal cells.G cells are found deep within the pyloric glands of the stomach antrum, and occasionally in the pancreas [1] and duodenum.

  8. Foveolar cell - Wikipedia

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    The gastric mucosa that lines the inner wall of the stomach has a set of microscopic features called gastric glands which, depending on the location within the stomach, secrete different substances into the lumen of the organ.

  9. Parietal cell - Wikipedia

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    Parietal cells (also known as oxyntic cells) are epithelial cells in the stomach that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor.These cells are located in the gastric glands found in the lining of the fundus and body regions of the stomach. [1]