Pyloric gastric gland

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 70710007

Pyloric gastric gland

Definition

The gastric glands in the pyloric region of the stomach; the pyloric glands secrete mucin, which coats the stomach and protects it, and hormones such as gastrin and enkephalin[MP].

Also known as glandula pylorica, pyloric antrum gland, pyloric gland, pyloric mucuous gland — per UBERON

The Pyloric gastric gland is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as