pyloric gland
1Pyloric glands — Infobox Anatomy Name = Pyloric glands Latin = glandulae pyloricae GraySubject = 247 GrayPage = 1166 Caption = A pyloric gland, from a section of the dog’s stomach. m. Mouth. n. Neck. tr. A deep portion of a tubule cut transversely. Caption2 =… …
2gland — 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… …
3Tubular gland — A pyloric gland, from a section of the dog’s stomach. m. Mouth. n. Neck. tr. A deep portion of a tubule cut transversely. Code TH H2.00.02.0.03021 …
4Intestinal gland — Micrograph of the small intestine mucosa showing the crypts of Lieberkühn bottom 1/3 of image. H E stain. Latin glandulae inte …
5gastric 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… …
6Exocrine gland — Exocrine glands are glands that secrete their products (enzymes) into ducts (duct glands). They are the counterparts to endocrine glands, which secrete their products (hormones) directly into the bloodstream (ductless glands) or release hormones… …
7digestive gland — (Order Decapoda): Hepatic cecum [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Stomatopoda): Pair of large glands, one originating from each side of pyloric stomach and extending along midgut. Fills most of body, giving rise to pair of lateral pouches in posterior …
8hepatic gland — (Order Euphausiacea): One of two large, branching digestive organs arising ventrally at border of pyloric stomach and midgut. Extends through most of thorax. (Syn. digestive cecum, hepatic cecum, hepato pancreas) [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
9peritrophic membrane gland — (Order Stomatopoda): Pair of small glands, one extending along each side of posterior (pyloric) stomach; opens into midgut and secretes membrane (peritrophic membrane) surrounding food material coming from digestive glands [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
10pepsinogen — A proenzyme or zymogen formed and secreted by the chief cells of the gastric mucosa; the acidity of the gastric juice and pepsin itself remove 44 amino acyl residues from p. to form active pepsin. SYN: propepsin …
