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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 | tela subserosa |
The tela subserosa (or just subserosa) is a layer of tissue between the muscularis and serosa.
The term is used in pathology more often than in anatomy, and is particularly associated with cancer staging (for example, in staging stomach cancer1 or uterine cancer).
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- Histology at BU 18502loa - "Female Reproductive System: oviduct; infundibulum"
- Histology at uio.no
- Diagram at uniklinik-saarland.de
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