The gastric folds (or gastric rugae) are coiled sections of tissue that exist in the mucosal and submucosal layers of the stomach. They provide elasticity...

emerge on the deeper part of the gastric pits, inside the gastric areas and outlined by the folds of the mucosa. The gastric glands in the cardiac region...

the gastric folds in the stomach, they are permanent, and are not obliterated when the intestine is distended. The spaces between circular folds are smaller...

the many folds (rugae) High-quality image of the stomach Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stomach. Gastroesophageal reflux disease Gastric microbiota...

acquired, premalignant disease of the stomach characterized by massive gastric folds, excessive mucous production with resultant protein loss, and little...

elevates the mucous membrane. Two folds arise from the cartilaginous opening: the salpingopharyngeal fold, a vertical fold of mucous membrane extending from...

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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pyloric canal, which connects to the duodenum. The antrum also called the gastric antrum or the pyloric antrum is the initial portion of the pyloric region...

hold about one litre of food. This expansion is enabled by a series of gastric folds in the inner walls of the stomach. The stomach of a newborn baby will...

to the z-line and the z-line coincides with the upper limit of the gastric folds of the cardia; however, when the anatomy of the mucosa is distorted...

the stomach, the epithelium is simple columnar, and is organised into gastric pits and glands to deal with secretion. In the small intestine, epithelium...

lymph nodes suspended in its mesentery. The jejunum has many large circular folds in its submucosa called plicae circulares that increase the surface area...

which control defecation.: 397  The anus is surrounded in its length by folds called anal valves, which converge at a line known as the pectinate line...

A mucosal fold refers to a fold in any mucous membrane in the body. This may refer to: Gastric fold of the gastric mucosa Transverse folds of rectum in...

examples include:[citation needed] Endometrium: the mucosa of the uterus Gastric mucosa Intestinal mucosa Nasal mucosa Olfactory mucosa Oral mucosa Penile...

combination of the circular folds, the villi, and the microvilli increases the absorptive area of the mucosa about 600-fold, making a total area of about...

endoscopic findings have been reported, including solitary ulcers, thickened gastric folds, mass lesions and nodules. As there may be infiltration of the submucosa...

in digestion. The small intestine is about 5.5 metres (18 feet) long and folds many times to fit in the abdomen. Although it is longer than the large intestine...

Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to 3-5 tubular gastric glands. They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the...

columnar epithelium features longitudinal folds or elevations of tunica mucosa which are joined inferiorly by folds of mucous membrane known as anal valves...

its lumen is smaller and has thinner walls than the jejunum. Its circular folds are smaller and absent in the terminal part of the ileum. While the length...

have given a frequency of 1 in 100,000). Sometimes there is a semi-circular fold of mucous membrane at the opening of the appendix. This valve of the vermiform...

acidic and fatty stimuli present there when the pylorus opens and emits gastric chyme into the duodenum for further digestion. These cause the liver and...

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villus. The intestinal villi are much smaller than any of the circular folds in the intestine. Villi increase the internal surface area of the intestinal...

inflamed appearing mucosal folds (figure 2). Small amounts of blood were often seen on the lesions (Fig 3). Mucosal folds at the diaphragm level were...

The transverse folds of rectum (or Houston's valves or the valves of Houston) are semi-lunar transverse folds of the rectal wall that protrude into the...

invasion is an independent predictor of lymph node metastasis, especially in gastric cancer. As soon as the tumors breach the basement membrane and reach the...

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