NALT

Preferred term

gastric mucosa

Topic

Lining of the stomach, consisting of an inner epithelium, a middle lamina propria, and an outer muscularis mucosae. The surface cells produce mucus that protects the stomach from attack by digestive acid and enzymes. When the epithelium invaginates into the lamina propria at various regions of the stomach, different tubular gastric glands are formed. These glands consist of cells that secrete mucus, enzymes, hydrochloric acid, or hormones.

cardiac glands
gastric glands
pyloric glands
stomach mucosa

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

16251

Spanish

mucosa gástrica
glándulas cardíacas
glándulas pilóricas
mucosa estomacal

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/22390

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 6/30/16