stomach muscularis externa

Preferred Label : stomach muscularis externa;

Uberon definition : 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;

Uberon synonym : tunica muscularis gastris; tunica muscularis (gaster); muscularis externa of stomach; gastric muscularis; muscle layer of stomach;

Uberon Structure note : 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;

Details

Origin ID

0008856;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Gastric muscularis structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Muscle layer of stomach [FMA entity]
- gastric muscularis [SNOMED Notion]
- muscle layer of stomach [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire gastric muscularis (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Muscle layer of stomach [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- smooth muscle tissue [UBERON concept]
- wall of stomach [UBERON concept]
has part
- stomach smooth muscle circular layer [UBERON concept]
- stomach smooth muscle inner oblique layer [UBERON concept]
- stomach smooth muscle outer longitudinal layer [UBERON concept]
part of
- stomach smooth muscle [UBERON concept]

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