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Secretin
It is a polypeptide of 27 amino acids.
It is secreted by cells in the duodenum when they are exposed to the acidic contents of the emptying stomach.
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secretin: a hormone produced by digestive glands that influences digestive processes.
seedless vascular plants: the division Pteridophyta that includes the ferns.
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secretin A hormone produced in the duodenum that stimulates alkaline secretions by the pancreas and inhibits gastric emptying.
secretion The release of a substance in response to the presence of food or speci?c neural or hormonal stimulation.
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A secreting tissue in the ovary that forms from the collapsed follicle after ovulation and produces progesterone.
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lachrymal Secreting or relating to tears.
lactation The production of milk by the mammary glands.
lacteal Noun, one of the lymph vessels in the villus of the intestine. Adj., relating to milk.
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a ciliated, mucus-secreting groove in the ventral surface of the pharnyx of non-vertebrate chordates (e.g, tunicates and lancelets); it aids in transporting food to the esophagus.
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They start secreting substances. They secrete interferon, which is very powerful against HIV. But interferon also is a mediator of the immune system, and it activates the adaptive immune system.
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The major breakthrough was the identification of secretin, the hormone secreted by the duodenum that stimulates pancreatic secretions, by Ernest Starling and William Bayliss in 1902.
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Secretin - is in the duodenum and signals the secretion of sodium bicarbonate in the pancreas and it stimulates the bile secretion in the liver. This hormone responds to the acidity of the chyme.
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Coral reef. A wave-resistant structure resulting from cementation processes and the skeletal construction of hermatypic corals, calcareous algae, and other calcium carbonate-secreting organisms ...
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