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    Brunner's glands (or duodenal glands) are compound tubuloalveolar submucosal glands found in that portion of the duodenum proximal to the hepatopancreatic...
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    compound racemose resembling the duodenal Brunner's glands.[citation needed] The fundic glands (or oxyntic glands), are found in the fundus and body of the...
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    cells secrete mucus. Examples include Brunner's glands, esophageal glands, and pyloric glands Seromucous glands (mixed) secrete both protein and mucus...
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    clear to pale yellow watery secretions from the glands lining the small intestine walls. The Brunner's glands secrete large amounts of alkaline mucus in response...
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    cardiac glands. In the pyloric region the glands are known as pyloric glands, and in the rest of the stomach they are called gastric glands. Several...
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    submucosa, muscularis externa, and adventitia. Glands line the duodenum, known as Brunner's glands, which secrete mucus and bicarbonate in order to...
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    along by a process known as peristalsis. The jejunum contains very few Brunner's glands (found in the duodenum) or Peyer's patches (found in the ileum). However...
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    glands of the human body There are several specialized glands within the human integumentary system that are derived from apocrine or sebaceous gland...
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    ileum there are occasionally Peyer's patches in the lamina propria. Brunner's glands are found in the duodenum but not in other parts of the small intestine...
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    proteins and bile emulsifies fats into micelles. The duodenum contains Brunner's glands, which produce a mucus-rich alkaline secretion containing bicarbonate...
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