gastric gland
1gastric gland — n any of various glands in the walls of the stomach that secrete gastric juice …
2gastric gland — ▪ anatomy any of the branched tubules in the inner lining of the stomach that secrete gastric juice and protective mucus. There are three types of gastric glands, distinguished from one another by location and type of secretion. The… …
3gastric gland — noun Date: 1836 any of various glands in the walls of the stomach that secrete gastric juice …
4gastric gland — noun : any of various glands in the walls of the stomach that secrete the gastric juice …
5isthmus of gastric gland — the part of a gastric gland immediately adjacent to the opening into the gastric pit …
6base of gastric gland — the main part of a gastric gland, interior to the neck …
7neck of gastric gland — a constricted area of a gastric gland just interior to the isthmus …
8Gastric acid — is a digestive fluid, formed in the stomach. It has a pH of 1 to 2 and is composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl) (around 0.5%, or 5000 parts per million), and large quantities of potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl). The acid plays a… …
9gland — An organized aggregation of cells functioning as a secretory or excretory organ. SYN: glandula (1) [TA]. [L. glans, acorn] accessory g. a small mass of glandular structure, detached from but lying near another and larger g., to which it is… …
10Gastric chief cell — Chief cell H E stain of fundic gland polyp showing shortening of the gastric pits with cystic dilatation …
