Lamina propria
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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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| Section of the human esophagus. Moderately magnified. The section is transverse and from near the middle of the gullet. a. Fibrous covering. b. Divided fibers of longitudinal muscular coat. c. Transverse muscular fibers. d. Submucous or areolar layer. e. Muscularis mucosae. f. Mucous membrane, with vessels and part of a lymphoid nodule. g. Stratified epithelial lining. h. Mucous gland. i. Gland duct. m’. Striated muscular fibers cut across. |
The lamina propria is a thin vascular layer of areolar connective tissue beneath the epithelium and is part of the mucous membrane.
It contains capillaries and a central lacteal (lymph vessel) in the small intestine.
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- Dictionary at eMedicine Lamina+propria
- Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 10.198
- Histology at BU 10802loa - "Digestive System: Alimentary Canal - esophagus "
- Histology at BU 03301loa - "Connective Tissue: lamina propria; loose connective tissue "
- UIUC Histology Subject 272
- Organology at UC Davis Digestive/mammal/system1/system3 - "Mammal, whole system (LM, Low)"
- Slide at ucla.edu
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| mesothelium, serosa/adventitia, muscularis externa (outer & inner), submucosa, mucosa (muscularis mucosa, lamina propria, epithelium), lumen |
