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Inferior to the muscularis mucosa (9) is the submucosa (10) with denser

connective tissue, collagen fibers (18), the nuclei of fibroblasts (19), arterioles
(20), venules (21), lymphatics, and capillaries in addition to adipose cells.

FIGURE 14.11 ■ Stomach: mucosa of the fundus and body (transverse section).
Stain: hematoxylin and eosin. Medium magnification.

FIGURE 14.12 | Stomach: Fundus and Body

Region (Plastic Section)

This low-magnification photomicrograph illustrates the mucosa of the stomach
wall. The fundus and body regions of the stomach have identical histology. The
stomach surface is lined with a mucus-secreting, simple columnar epithelium
(1) that extends down into the gastric pits (2). In the fundus and body, the

gastric pits (2) are shallow. Draining into the gastric pits (2) are the gastric

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