Contents Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS
     12. Digestive System
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    12.5   Esophageal-cardiac junction Version française
Junction of the esophagus to the cardiac stomach in humans.

The stratified squamous epithelium of the esophagus (*) changes abruptly (arrowhead) to the simple columnar epithelium (left) lining the cardiac portion of the gastric mucosa.

This mucosa shows deep recesses or pits continuous with the tubular cardiac glands (arrows).

The muscularis mucosa (M), composed of smooth muscle fibres, separates the mucosa from the submucosa. The submucosa contains esophageal mucous glands (G).

Stain: H–­­E
Magnification: ×250

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