THE STOMACH 



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lines the stomach is loosely attached to the muscular coat 

 by a layer of fibrous connective tissue. This is called the 

 submucous coat, and it is in this layer that the nerves, 

 blood-vessels and lymphatics run for the supply of the 

 mucous membrane. 



The mucous membrane lining the wall of the stomach 

 contains, or rather is made up of, a multitude of smaU 



Fig. 76.— The Stomach Laid Open. 



a, the cesophagus ; b, the cardiac dilatation ; c, the lesser currature ; 

 d, the pylorus ; ,:, the biliary duct ; /, the gall-bladder ; g, the pancreatic 

 duct, opening in common with the cystic duct opposite h ; h, i, the 

 duodenum. 



glands, packed closely side by side, which open upon its 

 surface. These are on the whole simple in nature, being 

 long tubular glands, but they vary in character, their 

 blind ends being more divided and twisted at one part 

 of the stomach than another. 



Each gland is lined by cells which at the mouth of the 

 gland are columnar and secrete mucin ; but deeper down in 



