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FIGURE 14.9 ■ Four layers (mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, and
serosa) in the wall of the stomach and their characteristic contents.
Below the mucosa is the dense connective tissue submucosa with large blood
vessels and nerves. The thick muscularis externa exhibits three muscle layers
instead of the two that are normally seen in the esophagus and the small
intestine. The outer layer of the stomach is covered by the serosa, or visceral
peritoneum (see Fig. 14.9).
Supplemental micrographic images are available at
www.thePoint.com/Eroschenko13e under Digestive System Part II:
Esophagus and Stomach.
FIGURE 14.10 | Stomach: Fundus and Body
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