Gastric pits

Gastric pits are indentations in the stomach which denote entrances to 3-5 tubular shaped gastric 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 which dot the surface of the lining epithelium. Surface mucous cells line the pits themselves but give way to a series of other types of cells which then line the glands themselves.

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)
Details
Identifiers
Latinfoveolae gastricae
TA98A05.5.01.032
TA22918
FMA76583
Anatomical terminology
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