Gastric pits

Gastric pits
Gastric pits
	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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Latin	foveolae gastricae
TA98	A05.5.01.032
TA2	2918
FMA	76583
	Anatomical terminology

Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to 3-5 tubular gastric glands.^[1]^[2] They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the other parts of the stomach. The human stomach has several million of these pits which dot the surface of the lining epithelium. Surface mucous cells line the pits themselves but give way to a series of other types of cells which then line the glands themselves.

^ "gastric pits, that each open into four or five gastric glands", Quantitative Human Physiology 2E, 2017, Joseph Feher
^ "Secretions from several gastric glands flow into each gastric pit" Principals of Anatomy & Physiology 15th Ed 2017, Gerard Tortora & Bryan Derrickson

[1] "gastric pits, that each open into four or five gastric glands", Quantitative Human Physiology 2E, 2017, Joseph Feher

[2] "Secretions from several gastric glands flow into each gastric pit" Principals of Anatomy & Physiology 15th Ed 2017, Gerard Tortora & Bryan Derrickson

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Gastric pits
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)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	foveolae gastricae
TA98	A05.5.01.032
TA2	2918
FMA	76583
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Gastric pits

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