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  2. Gastrointestinal physiology - Wikipedia

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    H + is pumped into the stomach by exchanging it with K +. This process also requires ATP as a source of energy; however, Cl − then follows the positive charge in the H + through an open apical channel protein. HCO 3 − secretion occurs to neutralize the acid secretions that make their way into the duodenum of the small intestine.

  3. Gastrointestinal hormone - Wikipedia

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    Stomach, duodenum: Opiate-like actions Enteroglucagon: Small intestine, pancreas: Inhibits insulin secretion Galanin: Enteric nerves: Ghrelin: Stomach: Stimulates appetite, increases gastric emptying Glucagon-like peptide 1: Pancreas, ileum: Increases insulin secretion Glucagon-like peptide 2: Ileum, colon: Enterocyte-specific growth hormone ...

  4. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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    The churning motion of the stomach was described among other findings. [53] In the 19th century, it was accepted that chemical processes were involved in the process of digestion. Physiological research into secretion and the gastrointestinal tract was pursued with experiments undertaken by Claude Bernard, Rudolph Heidenhain and Ivan Pavlov.

  5. Secretin - Wikipedia

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    Secretin is a hormone that regulates water homeostasis throughout the body and influences the environment of the duodenum by regulating secretions in the stomach, pancreas, and liver. It is a peptide hormone produced in the S cells of the duodenum, which are located in the intestinal glands. [5] In humans, the secretin peptide is encoded by the ...

  6. Gastric glands - Wikipedia

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    Their 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 cells that produce the mucus necessary to protect the stomach's epithelial lining from gastric acid secreted by parietal cells in the glands, and from pepsin, a secreted digestive enzyme ...

  7. Gastrointestinal tract - Wikipedia

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    The duodenum contains Brunner's glands which produce a mucus-rich alkaline secretion containing bicarbonate. These secretions, in combination with bicarbonate from the pancreas, neutralize the stomach acids contained in the chyme. Jejunum: This is the midsection of the small intestine, connecting the duodenum to the ileum.

  8. Stomach - Wikipedia

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    The stomach is involved in the gastric phase of digestion, following the cephalic phase in which the sight and smell of food and the act of chewing are stimuli. In the stomach a chemical breakdown of food takes place by means of secreted digestive enzymes and gastric acid. The stomach is located between the esophagus and the small intestine.

  9. Digestion - Wikipedia

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    Secretion of gastrin is stimulated by food arriving in stomach. The secretion is inhibited by low pH. Secretin – is in the duodenum and signals the secretion of sodium bicarbonate in the pancreas and it stimulates the bile secretion in the liver. This hormone responds to the acidity of the chyme.