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  2. A Confederacy of Dunces - Wikipedia

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    A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. [2] Published through the efforts of writer Walker Percy (who also contributed a foreword) and Toole's mother, Thelma, the book became first a cult classic, then a mainstream success; it earned Toole a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ...

  3. Duodenal atresia - Wikipedia

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    Newborns present with bilious or non-bilous vomiting (depending on where in the duodenum the obstruction is) within the first 24 to 48 hours after birth, typically after their first oral feeding. Radiography shows a distended stomach and distended duodenum, which are separated by the pyloric valve, a finding described as the double-bubble sign.

  4. Talk:Pylorus - Wikipedia

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    Pyloric canal; Pyloric antrum; This is for the following reasons: I plan to significantly expand the article on pylorus in the future and feel that it would be better to have the canal and antrum covered in this section under a 'structure' subheading. This would allow comparison between blood supplies, venous drainage, lymphatic and nervous supply.

  5. Pylorus - Wikipedia

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    Pyloric sphincter * 10. Pyloric antrum * 11. Pyloric canal * 12. Angular incisure * 13. Gastric canal * 14. Rugal folds. The pylorus is the furthest part of the stomach that connects to the duodenum. It is divided into two parts, the antrum, which connects to the body of the stomach, and the pyloric canal, which connects to the duodenum. [2]

  6. Insect physiology - Wikipedia

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    This extends from the pyloric valve which is located between the mid and the hindgut to the anus. [4] Here absorption of water, salts and other beneficial substances take place before excretion. [7] Like other animals, the removal of toxic metabolic waste requires water. However, for very small animals like insects, water conservation is a ...

  7. Intestinal bypass - Wikipedia

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    The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine and is connected to the stomach via the pyloric valve. The jejunum is the second and middle part of the small intestine. The ileum is the last part of the small intestine and is connected to the cecum, a part of the large intestine, via the ileocecal valve. [4]

  8. Duodenal switch - Wikipedia

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    Because the pyloric valve between the stomach and small intestine is preserved, people who have undergone the DS do not experience the dumping syndrome common with people who have undergone the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RNY). Much of the production of the hunger hormone, ghrelin, is removed with the greater curvature of the stomach.

  9. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    Normally, the pyloric valve at the lower end of the stomach regulates the release of food into the bowel. When the gastric bypass patient eats a sugary food, the sugar passes rapidly into the intestine, where it gives rise to a physiological reaction called dumping syndrome .