Meissner's plexus

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Nerve: Meissner's plexus
The plexus of the submucosa from the rabbit. X 50.
LAYERS: serosa longitudinal muscle myenteric plexus circular muscle submucosal plexus submucosal mucosal
Latin	plexus submucosus
Gray's	subject #248 1177
MeSH	Submucous+Plexus
Dorlands / Elsevier	p_24/12648478

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External links

• Physiology at MCG 6/6ch1/s6ch1_10
• Histology at USC gi/c_51
• Histology at USC gi/c_54
• Histology at USC nerv/c_28
• submucosal+plexus at eMedicine Dictionary
• Anatomy Atlases - Microscopic Anatomy, plate 10.201

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v • d • e Digestive system, physiology: gastrointestinal physiology
Enteric nervous system	Meissner's plexus - Auerbach's plexus
Exocrine	Chief cells (Pepsinogen) - Parietal cells (Gastric acid, Intrinsic factor) - Goblet cells (Mucus)
Endocrine/paracrine	G cells (gastrin), D cells (somatostatin) - ECL cells (Histamine) - enterogastrone: I cells (CCK), K cells (GIP), S cells (secretin)
Border	Brunner's glands - Paneth cells - Enterocytes
Fluids	Saliva - Bile - Intestinal juice - Gastric juice - Pancreatic juice
Processes	Swallowing - Vomiting - Peristalsis (Interstitial cell of Cajal) - Migrating motor complex - Borborygmus - Gastrocolic reflex - Segmentation contractions - Defecation

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