Subserosa

Tela subserosa
	Layers of Stomach Wall: Serosa; Tela subserosa; Muscularis; Oblique fibers of muscle wall; Circular muscle layer; Longitudinal muscle layer; Submucosa; Lamina muscularis mucosae; Mucosa; Lamina propria; Epithelium; Gastric glands; Gastric pits; Villous folds; Gastric areas (gastric surface);
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Identifiers
Latin	tela subserosa
TA	A12.1.08.009
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.

References

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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