dictionary help| Wasmann's glands --> gastric glands | medical dictionary |
Branched tubular glands lying in the mucosa of the fundus and body of the stomach; such glands contain parietal cells that secrete hydrochloric acid, zymogen cells that produce pepsin, and mucous cells.
Synonyms: glandulae gastricae, glandulae propriae, fundus glands, gastric follicles, Wasmann's glands.
(05 Mar 2000)
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