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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:stomach muscularis externa
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Definition:The smooth muscle layer of the stomach wall that functions to churn and mix food and gastric secretions as well as to move food along the digestive tract to the intestines.
Comment:[structure-note] "the muscularis externa in the stomach differs from that of other GI organs in that it has three layers of smooth muscle instead of two" xsd:string {source="WP"}
Synonyms:exact_synonym: gastric muscularis;   muscle layer of stomach;   muscularis externa of stomach;   tunica muscularis (gaster);   tunica muscularis gastris
 xref: FMA:14909;   SCTID:362132003



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          mesoderm-derived structure 0
            stomach muscularis externa 0
              stomach smooth muscle circular layer 0
              stomach smooth muscle inner oblique layer 0
              stomach smooth muscle outer longitudinal layer 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        mesoderm 0
                          mesoderm-derived structure 0
                            muscle tissue 0
                              smooth muscle tissue 0
                                gastrointestinal system smooth muscle 0
                                  stomach smooth muscle 0
                                    stomach muscularis externa 0
                                      stomach smooth muscle circular layer 0
                                      stomach smooth muscle inner oblique layer 0
                                      stomach smooth muscle outer longitudinal layer 0
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