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stomach muscularis externa

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The smooth muscle layer of the stomach wall that functions to churn and mix food and gastric secretions as well as to move food along the digestive tract to the intestines [ ]

Term info

Label

stomach muscularis externa

Synonyms
  • gastric muscularis
  • muscle layer of stomach
  • muscularis externa of stomach
  • tunica muscularis (gaster)
  • tunica muscularis gastris
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pheno_slim

id

UBERON:0008856

structure notes

the muscularis externa in the stomach differs from that of other GI organs in that it has three layers of smooth muscle instead of two