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Submucosa
The
submucosa
(or
tela submucosa
) is a thin layer of
tissue
in various
organs
of the
gastrointestinal
,
respiratory
, and
genitourinary
tracts. It is the layer of
loose connective tissue
that supports the mucosa (
mucous membrane
) and joins it to the
muscular layer
, the bulk of overlying
smooth muscle
(fibers running circularly within layer of longitudinal muscle).
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