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  2. Pylorus - Wikipedia

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    The pylorus (/ paɪˈlɔːrəs / or / pɪˈloʊrəs /) connects the stomach to the duodenum. The pylorus is considered as having two parts, the pyloric antrum (opening to the body of the stomach) and the pyloric canal (opening to the duodenum). The pyloric canal ends as the pyloric orifice, which marks the junction between the stomach and the ...

  3. Gastric mucosa - Wikipedia

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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 one mm thick, and its surface is smooth, soft, and velvety. It consists of simple secretory columnar epithelium, an underlying supportive layer of loose connective tissue called the lamina ...

  4. Gastrointestinal wall - Wikipedia

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    Gastrointestinal wall. The gastrointestinal wall of the gastrointestinal tract is made up of four layers of specialised tissue. From the inner cavity of the gut (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 tract.

  5. Gastric glands - Wikipedia

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    Gastric glands are glands in the lining of the stomach that play an essential role in the process of digestion. Their secretions make up the digestive gastric juice. The gastric glands open into gastric pits in the mucosa. The gastric mucosa is covered in surface mucous cells that produce the mucus necessary to protect the stomach's epithelial ...

  6. Gastrointestinal tract - Wikipedia

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    The mucosa is the innermost layer of the gastrointestinal tract. The mucosa surrounds the lumen, or open space within the tube. This layer comes in direct contact with digested food . The mucosa is made up of: Epithelium – innermost layer. Responsible for most digestive, absorptive and secretory processes.

  7. Stomach - Wikipedia

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    Histology of normal antral mucosa. Antral mucosa is formed by branched coiled tubular glands lined by secretory cells similar in appearance to the surface mucous cells. H&E stain. The mucosa lining the stomach is lined with gastric pits, which receive gastric juice, secreted by between 2 and 7 gastric glands.

  8. G cell - Wikipedia

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    G cell. 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. The vagus nerve innervates the G cells.

  9. Gastric pits - Wikipedia

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    2918. FMA. 76583. Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to 3-5 tubular gastric glands. [1][2] They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the other parts of the stomach. The human stomach has several million of these pits which dot the surface of the lining epithelium.