Subserosa
Appearance
Thesubserosaortela subserosa,is a thin layer oftissuein the walls of variousorgans.It is a layer ofconnective tissue(usually of theareolar type) between themuscular layer(muscularis externa) and the serosa (serous membrane).
The subserosa has clinical importance particularly incancer staging(for example, in stagingstomach cancer[1]oruterine cancer).
The subserosa (sub-+serosa) is to a serous membrane what thesubmucosa(sub-+mucosa) is to amucous membrane.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Histology image: 18502loa– Histology Learning System at Boston University - "Female Reproductive System: oviduct; infundibulum"
- Histology at uio.no
- Diagram at uniklinik-saarland.de