Esophagus Diagram Of The Wall. The wall of the alimentary canal has four basic tissue layers. Tutorial contains images and text for pathology education.
Your stomach which is attached to the end of the esophagus is a stretchy sack shaped like the letter j. The mucosa submucosa muscularis and serosa by goran tek en. The muscle will flex and expand when needed to change the diameter of the trachea.
The mucosa submucosa muscularis and serosa by goran tek en.
The proteins elastin collagen and reticular fibers help to maintain the overall elasticity of the tracheal wall while the nerves and blood vessels of the areolar tissue provide for the different layers. Extrinsic innervation and intrinsic innervation. Nutcracker esophagus or hypertensive peristalsis is a disorder of the movement of the esophagus characterized by contractions in the smooth muscle of the esophagus in a normal sequence but at an excessive amplitude or duration. The hairs that line the inside wall are part of the air cleansing system.