| brunner's glands | Tubuloalveolar glands in the submucous layer of the duodenum which opens into the crypts of lieberkuhn. They secrete urogastrone (see epidermal growth factor-urogastrone). They are also called glandulae duodenales or duodenal glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Brunner, Johann | <person> Swiss anatomist, 1653-1727. See: Brunner's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brunner, Johann Konrad | <person> B. Diessenhofen, Switzerland, Jan. 16th, 1653. D. Mannheim, Oct. 2nd, 1727. Studied under Duverney in Paris and became Professor of Anatomy at Heidelberg (1687) and Strasburg. Brunner's Glands - glandulae duodenales. Descriptio de glandulis in duodeno intestino detectis. Heidelberg. 1687. Also: Physiologica de glandulis duodeni cogitata. Heidelberg. 1687. The duodenal glands had previously been described by Brunner's father-in-law, J.J. Wepper, whose work was published in 1679. Lived: 1653-1727. (05 Dec 1998) |
| brunneroma | <tumour> An adenoma of Brunner's glands; a rare solitary tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brunnerosis | Benign nodular hyperplasia of Brunner's glands. (05 Mar 2000) |