A long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach, that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin into the bloodstream. [Greekpankreas:pan-,pan-+kreas,flesh; seekreuə-inIndo-European roots.] ...
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It is the area just below the middle of the chest It contains the lower part of the oesophagus (or gullet), part of the stomach, liver, pancreas and part of the small intestine called the duodenum. It is where the pain of acid reflux, alcohol gastritis, stomach ulcer, pancreatitis, an...
"Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which:""The soul squats down in the flesh, like a tinker drunk in a ditch" [Algernon Charles Swinburne The Heptalogia]see blood cells, bodily humours, bones, glands, muscles, parts of the brain, parts of the ear, parts of the eye...
As a part of the digestive system, it functions as an exocrine gland secreting pancreatic juice into the duodenum through the pancreatic duct. This juice contains bicarbonate, which neutralizes acid entering the duodenum from the stomach; and digestive enzymes, which break down carbohydrates, ...
55 Within the GI tract, CCK is predominantly synthesized and released from the duodenum and jejunum,56 where its local regulatory effects include stimulation of gallbladder contraction and inhibition of gastric emptying.57 In addition to its GI tract distribution, CCK is also widely distributed ...
Samples were collected from 11 distinct locations, including the duodenum (two locations, DUO1 and DUO2, which were pooled in the analysis), jejunum (JEJ), ileum (two locations, ILE1 and ILE2, which were pooled in the analysis), appendix (APD), caecum (CAE), ascending colon (ACL), ...
The most prominent feature of the subsequent duodenum is the M-shaped flexure of its cranial loop, which is intimately attached to the greater curvature of C3 by the greater omentum. This tortuous passage and the approximately 10-fold reduction in diameter from C3 to the small intestine make ...
Noun1.diverticulum- a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) hernia,herniation- rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes Meckel's diverticulum- a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk...
An inflammatory disorder of the duodenum and jejunum that is caused by immune responses to specific peptides that are found within the α-gliadin component of wheat gluten. Pathology includes the loss of villus architecture with reduced area of the surface epithelium, which leads to malabsorption. ...