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Latest revision as of 12:00, 9 August 2024
Parent topics
- Gastrointestinal tract [r]: A subset of the digestive system, including the structures from mouth to anus but not including the accessory organs such as the liver, biliary tract and pancreas [e]
- Foregut [r]: In medicine, generally considered to be the stomach and duodenum, and perhaps the distal third of the esophagus closest from the stomach; in embryology, includes all these structures but also the pharynx and sometimes the lungs [e]
- Small intestine [r]: The portion of the gastrointestinal tract between the pylorus of the stomach and the ileocecal valve of the large intestine; divided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum [e]
Subtopics
- Crypt cell [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Enterocyte [r]: Cells lining the small intestine, which both secrete digestive enzymes and absorb nutrients [e]
- Gastrin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Secretin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cholecystokinin [r]: Peptide hormone synthesised by L-cells in the mucosal epithelium of the duodenum, and secreted in response to the presence of partially digested lipids and proteins. [e] (CCK)
- Incretin [r]: Gastrointestinal hormones that cause an increase in the amount of insulin released from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans after eating. [e]
- Peptide YY3-36 [r]: Add brief definition or description
Related topics
- Hepcidin [r]: A peptide hormone, secreted by the liver and believed to act primarily in the duodenum, currently believed to be a major, if not the master, regulatory mechanism of human iron metabolism, and indeed in mammals [e]