Topic summary
Gastric gland
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Gastric glands.
There are two types of gastric gland, the exocrine fundic or oxyntic gland, and the endocrine pyloric gland. The major type of gastric gland is the fundic gland that is present in the fundus and the body of the stomach making up about 80 per cent of the stomach area. These glands are often referred to simply as the gastric glands. The fundic gland contains the parietal cells that produce hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor, and chief cells that produce pepsinogen and gastric lipase.