Translation for 'duodenum' from English to Bulgarian

duodenum {noun}

дванадесетопръстник {м}анат.

• Secretin is a hormone that regulates water homeostasis throughout the body and influences the environment of the duodenum by regulating secretions in the stomach, pancreas, and liver.
• Papillary stenosis is a disturbance of the sphincter of Oddi, a muscular valve, that prevents the opening and release of bile or pancreatic fluids into the duodenum in response to food entering the duodenum.
• Ordinary peptic ulcers are found commonly in the "gastric antrum and the duodenum" whereas stress ulcers are found commonly in "fundic mucosa and can be located anywhere within the stomach and proximal duodenum".
• Pancreatic juice is secreted into the duodenum through duodenal papillae.
• The villi of the duodenum have a leafy-looking appearance, which is a histologically identifiable structure.

• Duodenal cancer is a cancer in the first section of the small intestine known as the duodenum.
• The duodenum and the jejunum are the first and second parts of the small intestine, respectively. The suspensory muscle of the duodenum marks their formal division.
• In severe duodenal ulcers it may be necessary to remove the lower portion of the stomach called the pylorus and the upper portion of the small intestine called the duodenum.
• The "pyloric sphincter", or valve, is a strong ring of smooth muscle at the end of the pyloric canal which lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum.
• The peritoneum is incised at the right edge of the duodenum, and the duodenum and the head of pancreas are reflected to the opposite direction; that is, to the left.