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Record 1 2025-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • The Pancreas
  • Bowels
CONT

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency(EPI) is a disorder caused by the failure of the pancreas to deliver a minimum [or] threshold level of specific pancreatic digestive enzymes to the intestine, leading to the maldigestion of nutrients and macronutrients, resulting in their variable deficiencies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Pancréas
  • Intestins

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Oral Mucosa, Salivary Glands and Tonsils
CONT

The salivary glands are exocrine glands that make, modify and secrete saliva into the oral cavity. They are divided into two main types : the major salivary glands, which include the parotid, submandibular and sublingual glands, and the minor salivary glands...

OBS

major salivary gland: The English and Latin designations are found in the plural (major salivary glands, glandulae salivariae majores) in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • major salivary glands
  • glandulae salivariae majores

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muqueuse buccale, glandes salivaires et amygdales
CONT

Les glandes salivaires majeures sont responsables de 90 % de la production salivaire, tandis que les glandes salivaires mineures produisent les 10 % restants.

OBS

glande salivaire majeure : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

La désignation latine se trouve au pluriel (glandulae salivariae majores) dans la Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • glandulae salivariae majores

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

Maldigestion refers to impaired digestion of nutrients within the intestinal lumen(e. g., exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) or at the terminal digestive site of the brush border membrane of mucosal epithelial cells(e. g., lactose maldigestion).

CONT

Maldigestion. Nutrients are broken down, hydrolyzed, and/or solubilized within the intestinal lumen to simpler components that can be transported by the intestinal mucosa. Bile acids solubilize dietary fat, forming micelles that are then subject to enzymatic digestion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil digestif
CONT

La maldigestion peut être la conséquence d'un déficit enzymatique en lien avec des insuffisances pancréatiques exocrines, des cholestases chroniques ou un déficit en acides biliaires lié par exemple à des troubles hépatiques ou à une colonisation bactériennes chroniques de l'intestin grêle.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Nervous System
CONT

Muscarine, a natural product from the mushroom "Amanita muscaria, "stimulates Ach [acetylcholine](cholinergic) receptors at the parasympathetic terminal sites :exocrine glands(lacrimal, salivary, and bronchial mucous glands), cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle(gastrointestinal tract). Ach receptors at these sites and the effects of parasympathetic stimulation at these sites are termed "muscarinic. "A muscarinic effect well known to respiratory care clinicians is the increase in airway secretions after administration of Ach-like drugs, such as neostigmine. There is also a decrease in blood pressure caused by slowing of the heart and vasodilation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
  • Système nerveux
CONT

À faible dose l'effet muscarinique se reconnaît au ralentissement cardiaque, à la diminution de la force des contractions du cœur, à la vasodilatation périphérique et à l'hypotension.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Farmacodinámica
  • Sistema nervioso
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Record 5 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Pancreas
Universal entry(ies)
pancreas
Latin
A05.9.01.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A large, lobulated gland located in the upper part of the abdomen behind the stomach, having both an exocrine function(secretion of digestive enzymes into the duodenum) and an endocrine function(secretion of insulin and glucagon from the islets of Langerhans).

OBS

pancreas: The plural form is "pancreata."

OBS

pancreas: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A05.9.01.001: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

Key term(s)
  • pancreata

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Pancréas
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
pancreas
Latin
A05.9.01.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Volumineuse glande digestive à sécrétion mixte, exocrine et endocrine, située profondément contre le rachis, derrière l'estomac [...]

OBS

pancréas : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A05.9.01.001 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Páncreas
Entrada(s) universal(es)
pancreas
Latin
A05.9.01.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Glándula abdominal localizada detrás del estómago cuyo jugo contribuye a la digestión, y que produce también una secreción hormonal interna (insulina).

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Record 6 2013-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Pancreas
DEF

An inherited autosomal recessive disorder of the exocrine glands, causing those glands to produce abnormally thick secretions of mucus, elevation of sweat electrolytes, increased organic and enzymatic constituents of saliva, and overactivity of the autonomic nervous system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Pancréas
DEF

Maladie autosomique récessive, symptomatique chez les homozygotes, caractérisée par un dysfonctionnement des glandes exocrines lié à un défaut congénital d’un facteur de régulation de la perméabilité membranaire, entraînant par des sécrétions anormalement visqueuses une insuffisance respiratoire chronique obstructive, une insuffisance pancréatique [et] des troubles intestinaux.

OBS

Toutes les glandes à sécrétion externe sont atteintes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Páncreas
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Record 7 2012-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A neuroactive gastrointestinal hormone that relaxes systemic and vascular smooth muscle and stimulates the exocrine pancreas, the secretion of insulin and of cyclic-AMP formation in the small intestine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

Des études sur des modèles animaux ont démontré que le monoxyde d'azote (NO) et le peptide intestinal vasoactif (PIV) sont les neurotransmetteurs responsables de la relaxation fundique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biotecnología
DEF

Estructura lineal de veintiocho aminoácidos [presente en] neuronas del tracto gastrointestinal, páncreas, sistema nervioso central y periférico y glándulas salivales, [...] tiene capacidad de relajar la musculatura lisa, provocar vasodilatación y broncodilatación pulmonar, relajar el esfínter esofágico inferior y estimular la secreción de agua y bicarbonato en el páncreas.

OBS

El VIP desempeña importantes funciones en la regulación de la motilidad intestinal y en el transporte epitelial intestinal de iones y agua.

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Record 8 2004-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
DEF

A compact collection of secretory cells that discharges its secretions through tubes or ducts opening on to a body surface or the gut.

CONT

The liver is the human body's largest exocrine gland. Its exocrine secretion, bile, provides detergents(bile salts) needed to digest and absorb lipids, as well as bicarbonate to neutralize gastric acid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
CONT

Les glandes exocrines déversent leur produit de sécrétion dans le milieu extérieur (extrusion). [...] Le plus souvent, le produit de sécrétion est déversé dans le milieu extérieur soit directement soit dans une cavité de l'organisme en continuité avec le milieu extérieur, par un canal excréteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas endocrino y metabólico
DEF

Glándula que vierte su secreción a través de la piel o de las mucosas, al exterior o al tubo digestivo.

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Record 9 2002-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
DEF

Of relating to or produced by an exocrine gland.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Genetics
OBS

peptidergic innervation = innervation peptidergique.

CONT

[Request for funding] on the molecular biology of peptidergic systems ... namely studies on the mechanisms of neuropeptide maturation and degradation in Aplysia ....

CONT

Immunocytochemical localization of a galanin-like peptidergic system in the brain of 2 urodele and 2 anuaran species(Amphibia)... Peptide containing nerves are distributed to both the exocrine and endocrine pancreas [of the rat] However, differences exist in terms of density and targets of innervation for each peptidergic system [Source : PASCAL database].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Génétique
OBS

Source : base de données PASCAL.

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
  • Cytology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
  • Cytologie

Spanish

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