Duodenum/Related Articles

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]