pyloric antrum
The area at the bottom of the stomach on the caudal side of the pyloric canal that contains gastrin-producing G cells, which stimulate acid production, and the luminal pH-sensitive population of somatostatin-producing D cells. [ MP:0010790 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: stomach pyloric antrum, antrum of stomach
Term info
- FMA:14579
- MESH:D011706
- GAID:332
- SCTID:362142001
- galen:PyloricAntrum
- UMLS:C0034193 (ncithesaurus:Antrum_Pylori)
- Wikipedia:Pyloric_antrum
- MA:0001624
- EFO:0002555
- EMAPA:17891
- NCIT:C12259
- BTO:0001732
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
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stomach antrum, antrum of Willis, antrum pylori, antrum pyloricum, gastric antrum
antrum
uberon
UBERON:0001165
Pyloric antrum
Term relations
- zone of stomach
- part of some pylorus
- continuous with some body of stomach
- has part some type D enteroendocrine cell
- contributes to morphology of some pylorus
- has part some type G enteroendocrine cell