"Pyloric Antrum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The region between the sharp indentation at the lower third of the STOMACH (incisura angularis) and the junction of the PYLORUS with the DUODENUM. Pyloric antral glands contain mucus-secreting cells and gastrin-secreting endocrine cells (G CELLS).
| Descriptor ID |
D011706
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875.875.716
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| Concept/Terms |
Pyloric Antrum- Pyloric Antrum
- Antrum, Pyloric
- Antrums, Pyloric
- Pyloric Antrums
- Gastric Antrum
- Antrum, Gastric
- Antrums, Gastric
- Gastric Antrums
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