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7 Cards in this Set
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Serosa |
Outer layer(protective) - tough, fibrous covering |
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Muscularis |
Muscular layer -longitudinal muscle - contraction causes shortening of GI tract -circular muscle - contraction causes constriction of GI tract |
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Submucosa |
-connective tissue -nervous tissue
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Mucosa(innermost layer) |
villi present fingerlike projections microvilli on each villus (increases surface around 600-fold |
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Membranes |
present in abdominal cavity and surround GI tract |
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Perietal peritoneum |
line walls of abdomen -peritonitis = inflamed peritoneum visceral peritoneum - line organs within the abdomen mesentery - anchors GI tract to the abdominal wall |
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Omentum |
-Double layered membrane to the stomach -anchors stomach to rest of GI tract |
