General Animal Physiology Course Syllabus
Biology 436
 
Lecture 42:  Digestive System


Sherwood - Chapter 14

Objective:  Gastric pits are the source of gastric digestive secretions.

1.  Gastric mucosa
2.  Gastric pits
        a.  mucous
        b.  chief cells secrete pepsinogen
        c.  parietal cells secrete HCL and intrinsic factor
3.  Pyloric gland area
        a.  mucus
        b.  pepsinogen
        c.  endocrine cells secrete gastrin

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