Digestion
and Absorption
Glossary
Ampulla of vater
– Common duct called hepato-pancreatic duct
Bartholin’s duct or
duct of rivinis – Duct of sublingual gland
Crypts of leiberkuhn –
crypts between the base of villi in the wall of the small intestine
Falciform ligament
– It seperate lobes of liver connect the liver with diaphragm
Gastric rugae
– Folds in wall of stomach
Glisson’s capsule
– Thin connective tissue sheath which covers the hepatic lobules
Goblet cells
– Mucus secreting glands
Haustra
– Pouch like dilation in the colon
Sphincter of boydon
– Sphincter which guard opening of the bile duct before it joins with the
pancreatic duct
Sphincter of oddi
– Sphincter which guard the opening of the ampulla of vater into the duodenum
Stenson’s duct
– Duct of parotids gland
Succus entericus
– Intestinal juice
Taeniae coli
– Longitudinal muscular chords in the colon
Valves of kerkring or
plicae circulares – Circular folds in the lumen of ileum
Wharton’s duct – Duct of sub-maxillary/ sub-mandibular gland
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