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ESOPHAGUS STOMACH. Esophagus. muscular tube whose function is to transport food from the mouth to the stomach. It is lined by non keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. In general, the esophagus has the same major layers as the rest of the digestive tract.
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Esophagus • muscular tube whose function is to transport food from the mouth to the stomach. • It is lined by non keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. • In general, the esophagus has the same major layers as the rest of the digestive tract.
In the submucosa are groups of small mucus-secreting glands, the esophageal glands, secretions of which facilitate the transport of foodstuffs and protect the mucosa. • In the lamina propria of the region near the stomach are groups of glands, the esophageal cardiac glands, which also secrete mucus.