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Mucosal Layer
-epithelium
-lamina propria=loose CT in lenticytes and scattered immune cells
-muscularis mucosa
Submucosal Layer
CT Layer
Muscularis Externa
inner circular SM
outer longitudinal SM
adventitia=more or less continious with body cavity
Serosal Layer
derived from?
flat sqamous epi.
mesothelium
Enteric NS plexi? are located?
Meissner's Plexi in between submucosa and external muscular
Auerbach's Plexi in between the circular and longitudinal layer of muscularis externa