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| Layers of Stomach Wall: 1. Serosa 2. Tela subserosa 3. Muscularis 4. Oblique fibers of muscle wall 5. Circular muscle layer 6. Longitudinal muscle layer 7. Submucosa 8. Lamina muscularis mucosae 9. Mucosa 10. Lamina propria 11. Epithelium 12. Gastric glands 13. Gastric pits 14. Villous folds 15. Gastric areas (gastric surface) |
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| Latin | foveolae gastricae |
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Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to the glands. They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the other parts of the stomach. The human stomach has several million of these pits.
External links
- Organology at UC Davis Digestive/mammal/stomach4/stomach1 - "Mammal, ruminant stomach (LM, High)"
- Physiology at MCG 6/6ch4/s6ch4_8
- Histology at BU 11103loa - "Digestive System: Alimentary Canal: esophageal/stomach junction"
- Slideshow at trinity.edu
- Slide at pathology.iupui.edu
- Slide at ucsd.edu
- Slide at nhmccd.edu
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