Subserosa
| Tela subserosa | |
|---|---|
 Layers of Stomach Wall:
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| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tela subserosa |
| TA98 | A12.1.08.009 A05.4.01.008 A05.5.01.020 A05.6.01.003 A05.7.01.003 A05.8.01.053 A05.8.02.007 A07.1.02.004 A07.1.02.011 A08.3.01.009 A09.1.02.011 A09.1.03.024 A09.3.01.015 A10.1.02.004 |
| TA2 | 2900, 2908, 2935, 2965, 3057, 3324, 3344, 3408, 3496, 3519, 3586, 3731, 3949 |
| FMA | 45636 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The tela subserosa (or just subserosa) is a thin layer of tissue in the walls of various organs. It is a layer of connective tissue (usually of the areolar type) between the muscular layer (muscularis externa) and the serosa (serous membrane).
The subserosa has clinical importance particularly in cancer staging (for example, in staging stomach cancer[1] or uterine cancer).
The subserosa (sub- + serosa) is to a serous membrane what the submucosa (sub- + mucosa) is to a mucous membrane.
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External links[]
- Histology image: 18502loa – Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Female Reproductive System: oviduct; infundibulum"
- Histology at uio.no
- Diagram at uniklinik-saarland.de
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