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duodenum
Arterial supply:
- via the celiac trunk.
Histology:
normal
- tall columnar epithelium, goblet cells, basal nuclei
- crypt mitoses present
- crypt nuclei uniform
- epithelial lymphocytes dispersed, ~1/5 epithelial cells
- plasma cells in lamina propria
- smooth muscle extends into villus
- villus:crypt ratio 3:1
- Brunner glands
Specific
parts of duodenum
General
gastrointestinal structure
References
Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 305
Component-of
small intestine; small bowel
Components
ampulla of Vater (hepatopancreatic, bilaropancreatic ampulla)
Brunner gland (duodenal gland)
inferior duodenal flexure
superior duodenal flexure
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