Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to 3-5 tubular gastric glands. They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the...

secretions make up the digestive gastric juice. The gastric glands open into gastric pits in the mucosa. The gastric mucosa is covered in surface mucous...

The gastric mucosa is the mucous membrane layer of the stomach, which contains the gastric pits, to which the gastric glands empty. In humans, it is about...

passageway - the gastric canal that fast-tracks liquids entering the stomach, to the pylorus. The mucosa lining the stomach is lined with gastric pits, which receive...

nature of gastric acid. These cells line the gastric mucosa and the gastric pits. Mucous neck cells are found in the necks of the gastric glands. The...

increase due to tumors, which cause an increase in the gastric fold size. Ménétrier's disease The mucosa pits are in excess causing thickening of the folds. Carcinoma...

ganglion. Under microscopy, the pylorus contains numerous glands, including gastric pits, which constitute about half the depth of the pyloric mucosa. They consist...

Gastric acid or stomach acid is the acidic component – hydrochloric acid of gastric juice, produced by parietal cells in the gastric glands of the stomach...

Angular incisure Cardia Body Fundus Pylorus Gastric mucosa Gastric folds Microanatomy Gastric pits Gastric glands Cardiac glands Fundic glands Pyloric...

the stomach, the epithelium is simple columnar, and is organised into gastric pits and glands to deal with secretion. In the small intestine, epithelium...