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unusual facts about duodenum


Earthworm Jim

Two villains made their only appearance in this game, Chuck, a junkyard man with a stomach bug, and Doc Duodenum, a crazed organ.


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Arterial insufficiency ulcer

A special type of ischemic ulcer developing in duodenum after severe burns is called Curling's ulcer.

Brunner's glands

They are the distinguishing feature of the duodenum, and are named for the Swiss physician who first described them, Johann Conrad Brunner.

Complex-toothed flying squirrel

In Traditional Chinese medicine the feces of the squirrel, known as the Five Spirits Grease (五靈脂, wǔ líng zhī) are believed to help against ulcer in the duodenum.

Johann Conrad Brunner

in 1687 he described tubuloalveolar glands in the submucous layer of the duodenum, which were later named Brunner's glands.

OGD

The British medical abbreviation for oesophagogastroduodenoscopy, a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract up to the duodenum.

Ulcer

Stress ulcer, located anywhere within the stomach and proximal duodenum


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