Gastric pits

Gastric pits
Layers of Stomach Wall: 1. Serosa 2. Tela subserosa 3. Muscularis 4. Oblique fibers of muscle wall 5. Circular muscle layer 6. Longitudinal muscle layer 7. Submucosa 8. Lamina muscularis mucosae 9. Mucosa 10. Lamina propria 11. Epithelium 12. Gastric glands 13. Gastric pits 14. Villous folds 15. Gastric areas (gastric surface)
Latin	foveolae gastricae
Dorlands/Elsevier	f_15/12377517

Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to the glands. 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.

External links

• Organology at UC Davis Digestive/mammal/stomach4/stomach1 - "Mammal, ruminant stomach (LM, High)"
• Histology at USC gi/c_15
• Histology at USC epi/c_48
• Physiology at MCG 6/6ch4/s6ch4_8
• Histology at BU 11103loa - "Digestive System: Alimentary Canal: esophageal/stomach junction"
• Slideshow at trinity.edu
• Slide at pathology.iupui.edu
• Slide at ucsd.edu
• Slide at nhmccd.edu

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Anatomy of torso, digestive system: Gastrointestinal tract
Upper GI: to stomach	Mouth • Pharynx (nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx) • Esophagus • Crop
Upper GI: stomach	rugae - gastric pits - cardia/gland - fundus/gland - pylorus/gland - pyloric antrum - greater curvature - lesser curvature
Lower GI: intestines	Small intestine (duodenum, duodenojejunal flexure, jejunum, ileum) Vermiform appendix • Ileocecal valve Large intestine: Cecum • Colon (ascending colon, hepatic flexure, transverse colon, splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon)
Lower GI: after intestines	Rectum (Houston valve, rectal ampulla, pectinate line) • Anal canal (anal valves, anal sinuses, anal columns) - Anus: Sphincter ani internus muscle • Sphincter ani externus muscle
Lower GI: continuous	GALT: Peyer's patches • M cells - intestinal villus • crypts of Lieberkühn • circular folds • taenia coli • haustra • epiploic appendix