Duplication of Alimentary Tract in a Dog

Pyloroduodenal Duplication Cyst: The Rarest Alimentary Tract Duplication

Pyloroduodenal duplication is the rarest alimentary tract duplication known so far. A 1-year-old female patient presented with abdominal pain, lump in the epigastrium and occasional vomiting. On ultrasound and CT scan of abdomen suspicion of duplication cyst was made. Operation revealed a duplication cyst along pylorus and first part of the duodenum. Excision of free part and mucosal stripping ...

Alimentary Tract: Intestine

While tremendous advances have improved the understanding of inflammatory bowel disease, with regard to environmental risk factors as well as the biochemical nature of the inflammatory process, a determination of primary etiology remains elusive. Numerous theories have been proposed in the past century concerning the cause of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis with implications for specific...

Hamartomas in the alimentary tract.

The production of fatty acids in the alimentary tract of the dog.

The production of a mixture of acetic, propionic, and butyric acids is a characteristic feature of alimentary fermentation in the ruminant and in the horse, pig, rabbit, and rat. The proportions of these acids present in the digesta of the large intestine, and of the stomach in the case of the ruminant, is similar in these species, with the exception of the rat, in which acids higher than aceti...

Alimentary Tract Motility

Alimentary/Tract/Motility/ 1 SMOOTH MUSCLE Smooth muscle lines the walls of hollow organs (eg. intestine, uterus), the circulatory system (arteries and veins), and ducts of secretory glands. The primary role of smooth muscle is to regulate the diameter of the organ lumen which it surrounds. Although "smooth muscle" is used to categorize muscle components of these various tissues, there is a lar...