Histology Flashcards
Name the layers of the gut tube
Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis externa
Adventitia/ serosa
Name parts of mucosa
Epithelium
Lamina propria
Muscularis mucosae
Name the basic types of tissues
Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nervous
What type of epithelium is the oesophagus?
stratified squamous non-keratinised epithelium
What does the submucosa show in the oesophagus?
Mucous glands
What type of muscle is the upper 1/3 layer of the muscular layer in the oesophagus?
Skeletal
What type of muscle is the middle 1/3 layer of the muscular layer in the oesophagus?
Smooth and skeletal
What type of muscle is the lower 1/3 layer of the muscular layer in the oesophagus?
Smooth
What type of epithelium lines the stomach?
simple columnar epithelium
What does the epithelium look like in the stomach?
Pale
What colour do parietal cells stain?
Pink
What glands are found in the muscosa of the stomach?
Gastric glands
What cells are found at the base of the gland of the stomach?
Chief cells
What is found in the mucosa of the small intestine?
Peyer’s patches
What are Peyer’s patches?
Lymphoid aggregations in mucosa
What unique feature does the small intestines have?
Villi
What crypts are found in the small intestine?
Crypts of Leiberkuhn
What glands are found in the submucosa of the duodenum?
Brunner’s glands
What does the mucosa look like in the large intestine?
Thick