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How does the muscularis layer of the esophagus differ from the rest of the digestive tract?
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Within the stomach and intestines, there are three layers of muscular tissue. These need to withstand high pressures and force the food material through the digestive system. In the esophagus the muscular layer is much thinner. It is also smoother in the esophagus.
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What tissue layer provides for primary digestive motility?
Muscularis (muscle layer)
The simple stomach differs from the esophagus because it?
because it has a third layer in the muscularis called the oblique muscle layer.
Inner circular and outer longitudinal layers are characteristic of the layer of the digestive tract?
muscularis
What additional muscle layer is the wall of the stomach that is not found in the digestive track?
The inner oblique layer of the muscularis mucosae.
What are the subdivisions of the layer of muscularis?
The subdivisions of the wall layer muscularis externa are the longitudinal layer, circular layer, and oblique layer.
What are the subdivisions of mucosa?
surface epithelium, lamina propria, and muscularis mucosae
What are the 4 layers of the gi tract?
The walls of the alementary canal, which is from the esophagus to the large intestine, comprise of 4 layers. The are: Mucosa, Submucosa, Muscularis Externa, and the serosa. The Mucosa is the innermost, while the serosa is the outermost. The Muscularis externa is the muscle layer, and typically made up of inner circular layer and outer longitudinal layer or smooth muscle cells. The submucosa is soft connective tissue containing blodd vessels, nerve endings from the intrinsic nerve plexus, and lymph nodules as well as lymph vessels.
What is muscularis propria?
It is the muscular layer of the bladder.
What is the function of the muscularis externa in the stomach?
The muscularis externa is the layer of the digestive tube, which consists of smooth muscles. It mixes ingested food with gastric juices so digestion is able to occur.
What are the 4 histological layers of the gut?
the four walls layers of the walls of the digestive track are: 1. mucous membrane 2. submucosa 3.smooth muscle 4.serous membrane
What are the differences of the wall of the artery and a vein?
The muscularis layer of arteries has a thicker layer of smooth muscle.
What is The layer of the digestive tract wall that is responsible for peristalsis?
the part of the alimentary canal responsible for peristalsis is the oesophagus or the food pipe.by wave like movements of the smooth muscles on the wall of the food pipe the food is sent to the stomach.
