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This is the visceral peritoneum that covers the outer part of the stomach. Here we are looking inside the stomach.
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Serosa
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These are folds of mucosa and submucosa which look wrinkled and are seen macroscopically. This helps to increase the surface area of the stomach and the rugae flatten out when the stomach is full.
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Rugae
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This is the outermost layer of the stomach and is made of three layers of smooth muscle.
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Muscularis externa
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This is more likely to be the body of the stomach. The pylorus connects the end of the stomach to the first part of the duodenum.
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Pylorus
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These are more likely to be seen microscopically and are found at the end of gastric pits (located at the surface of the simple columnar epithelium of the mucosa).
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Gastric glands
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Abdominal anatomy
Identify the structure labelled by the arrow in the image below.

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