Definition of Oxyntic. Meaning of Oxyntic. Synonyms of Oxyntic

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Definition of Oxyntic

Oxyntic
Oxyntic Ox*yn"tic, a. [Gr. ???? to make acid.] (Physiol.) Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach.

Meaning of Oxyntic from wikipedia

- types of gland in the stomach, the oxyntic gland, and the pyloric gland. The major type of gastric gland is the oxyntic gland that is present in 80 per cent...
- Parietal cells (also known as oxyntic cells) are epithelial cells in the stomach that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor. These cells...
- from the parietal cells. Enterochromaffin-like cells (ECLs), found in the oxyntic glands release histamine, which also is a powerful stimulant of the acid...
- acid peptide hormone found in the colon, produced by the oxyntic (fundic) cells of the oxyntic (fundic) mucosa. It has been found to suppress appetite...
- cells. The most important inhibitor of the ECL cell is somatostatin from oxyntic D cells. Enterochromaffin-like cells also produce pancreastatin and probably...
- Antibodies to intrinsic factor and parietal cells cause the destruction of the oxyntic gastric mucosa, in which the parietal cells are located, leading to the...
- hydrogen and chloride ions mix and are secreted into the lumen of the oxyntic gland. The highest concentration that gastric acid reaches in the stomach...
- dioxide, hypoxia, monoxide, oxide, oxyanion, oxygen, oxyhalide, oxymoron, oxyntic, oxytone, paroxysm, pentoxide, polyoxide, tetraoxygen, tetroxide, trioxide...
- paracrine' like effect within the heart. Ghrelin cells are also found in oxyntic glands (20% of cells), pyloric glands, and small intestine. They are ovoid...
- of histamine activates a histamine (H2)-sensitive adenylate cyclase of oxyntic cells, and there is a rapid increase in cellular [cAMP] that is involved...