The aging gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas.
This article summarizes the age-related structural and functional alterations in the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, liver, pancreas, and vermiform appendix. Also considered are the possible relationships of these changes with the disturbance of homeostatic mechanisms and proneness to certain diseases in the aged.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001065:Appendix / Q000502:physiology; D003106:Colon / Q000502:physiology; D004068:Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000209:etiology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000166:cytology; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010179:Pancreas / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D012007:Rectum / Q000502:physiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000502:physiology
D009696:Nucleic Acids; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D005947:Glucose