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 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Synonyms: stomach pyloric antrum antrum of stomach
Term information
- MESH:D011706
- SCTID:362142001
- UMLS:C0034193 (ncithesaurus:Antrum_Pylori)
- FMA:14579
- MA:0001624
- BTO:0001732
- EFO:0002555
- NCIT:C12259
- EMAPA:17891
- Wikipedia:Pyloric_antrum
- galen:PyloricAntrum
- GAID:332
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- zone of stomach
- cellular anatomical structure
- 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