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  2. Serous fluid - Wikipedia

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    Serous fluid may also originate from mixed glands, which contain both mucous and serous cells. A common trait of serous fluids is their role in assisting digestion , excretion , and respiration . In medical fields, especially cytopathology , serous fluid is a synonym for effusion fluids from various body cavities .

  3. Mucus - Wikipedia

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    Mucous cells of the stomach lining secrete mucus (pink) into the lumen. Mucus (/ ˈ m j uː k ə s /, MEW-kəs) is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes. It is typically produced from cells found in mucous glands, although it may also originate from mixed glands, which contain both serous and mucous cells.

  4. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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    The resulting alkaline fluid mix neutralises the gastric acid which would damage the lining of the intestine. The mucus component lubricates the walls of the intestine. Layers of the small intestine. When the digested food particles are reduced enough in size and composition, they can be absorbed by the intestinal wall and carried to the ...

  5. Gastrointestinal physiology - Wikipedia

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    Mucus is released in the stomach and intestine, and serves to lubricate and protect the inner mucosa of the tract. It is composed of a specific family of glycoproteins termed mucins and is generally very viscous. Mucus is made by two types of specialized cells termed mucous cells in the stomach and goblet cells in the intestines. Signals for ...

  6. Gastrointestinal wall - Wikipedia

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    This affects treatment and prognosis. The normal thickness of the small intestinal wall is 3–5 mm, [ 6 ] and 1–5 mm in the large intestine. [ 7 ] Focal, irregular and asymmetrical gastrointestinal wall thickening suggests a malignancy. [ 7 ]

  7. Gastric mucosal barrier - Wikipedia

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    A special mucus covering, derived from mucus secreted by surface epithelial cells and Foveolar cells. This insoluble mucus forms a protective gel-like coating over the entire surface of the gastric mucosa. The mucus protects the gastric mucosa from autodigestion by e.g. pepsin and from erosion by acids and other caustic materials that are ingested.

  8. Gastric glands - Wikipedia

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    The gastric glands are glands in the lining of the stomach that play an essential role in the process of digestion. All of the glands have mucus-secreting foveolar cells (also known as surface mucous cells) that line the stomach and partly line the gastric pits, and mucus-secreting mucous neck cells in the necks of the gastric glands. [1]

  9. Mucous membrane - Wikipedia

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    For instance, mucosa in the stomach protects it from stomach acid, [2]: 384, 797 and mucosa lining the bladder protects the underlying tissue from urine. [8] In the uterus , the mucous membrane is called the endometrium , and it swells each month and is then eliminated during menstruation .