0
What is a lesion of the mucosal lining of the stomach or intestine?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
A lesion of the mucosal lining of the stomach is called a gastric ulcer.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
The enzyme that catalyzes the digestion of peptides in the small intestine is?
The enzyme that catalyzes the digestion of peptides in the small intestine is pepsin. Pepsin is released by the mucosal lining of the stomach.
How does the lining of the stomach compare with the lining of the small intestine?
The lining of the stomach has less surface area than the lining of the small intestine. The stomach lining has a mucus coating that protects it from acid while the lining of the small intestine is less coated.
What is the lining found on the surface of the stomach and small intestine?
Mucosa
Lines the stomach and most of the intestines?
Epithelial tissue lines the stomach, like most internal organs.
What does inflammation of the antral mucosa mean?
The mucosa is the lining of the stomach, and the antrum is part of the stomach. Erythema is redness, and an ulceration is an area in which a layer of skin or lining is missing. So "muscosal inflammation in the antrum with erythema and ulcerations" is stomach ulcers.
What is inflammation of the stomach small intestine and colon known as?
Gastritis is the inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
What is an open sore in the lining of the stomach or small intestine?
Open sores that occur inside the stomach lining are called ulcers. Having these ulcers frequently is referred to as open sore stomach.
What is the shape of the stomach in a frog?
In frogs and all other vertebrates lining of stomach and small intestine is made up of mucosa . But mucosa of small intestine possess villi which are finger like projections which increase surface are for absorption .Villi are absent in stomach .the lining in both frogs are think, but the stomach's is shorter than the intestine's In frogs and all other vertebrates lining of stomach and small intestine is made up of mucosa . But mucosa of small intestine possess villi which are finger like projections which increase surface are for absorption .Villi are absent in stomach .the lining in both frogs are think, but the stomach's is shorter than the intestine's
The absorptive effectiveness of the small intestine is enhanced by increasing the surface area of the mucosal lining which of the following structures accomplish this task?
Plicae circulares and intestinal villi
What are the gastric ulcer and doudenal ulcer?
An ulcer is an erosion in the mucosal layer of the digestive tract. A gastric ulcer occurs in the lining of the stomach. A duodenal ulcer is an ulcer that occurs in the mucosa of the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). Both types of ulcers have been known to be caused by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori and are easily treatable. If untreated, they can lead to stomach cancer.
The inner mucosal lining of the uterus is called the?
endometrium, yo
What protects the lining of the small intestine from the acid that enters this area from the stomach?
The stomach lining is protected from the very strong acid of the stomach by a coat of mucus. It is secreted by mucous membranes.
