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Gastric acid or
stomach acid is the
acidic component –
hydrochloric acid – of
gastric juice,
produced by
parietal cells in the
gastric glands of the stomach...
- a
vital organ in the
digestive system. The
stomach is
involved in the
gastric phase of digestion,
following the
cephalic phase in
which the
sight and...
- following:
barium swallow X-ray,
barium beefsteak meal,
radioisotope gastric-emptying scan,
gastric manometry,
esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), and a
stable isotope...
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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...
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Stomach cancer, also
known as
gastric cancer, is a
malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a
cancer that
develops in the
lining of the stomach. Most cases...
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Peptic ulcer disease is when the
inner part of the stomach's
gastric mucosa (lining of the stomach), the
first part of the
small intestine, or sometimes...
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Gastric distention is the
enlargement of the stomach, and can be due to a
number of causes.[citation needed]
Physiologic (normal)
gastric distension occurs...
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colonization with more
virulent strains can
induce a
number of
gastric and non-
gastric disorders.
Gastric disorders due to
infection begin with gastritis, or inflammation...
- A
laparoscopic adjustable gastric band,
commonly called a lap-band, A band, or LAGB, is an
inflatable silicone device placed around the top
portion of...
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Gastric lavage, also
commonly called stomach pumping or
gastric irrigation or
gastric suction, is the
process of
cleaning out the
contents of the stomach...
