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SUBMUCOSA
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Irregular inflected form: submucosae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The connective tissue beneath mucous membrane
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("submucosa" is a kind of...):
connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)
Context examples:
It is characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells invading through the muscularis mucosa into the submucosa.
(Colorectal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An adenocarcinoma that arises from the colonic glandular epithelium and invades the lamina propria or muscularis mucosa but not the submucosa.
(Colon Intramucosal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant epithelial neoplasm that arises from the cecum and invades through the muscularis mucosa into the submucosa.
(Cecum Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Colorectal cancer with invasion through the muscularis propria into the submucosa, or into non-peritonealized pericolic or perirectal soft tissues, with tumor extension of 5 mm or less beyond the border of the muscularis propria.
(Colorectal Cancer pT3 a/b TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
Colorectal cancer with invasion through the muscularis propria into the submucosa, or into non-peritonealized pericolic or perirectal soft tissues, with tumor extension of more than 5 mm beyond the border of the muscularis propria.
(Colorectal Cancer pT3 c/d TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
Colorectal cancer in situ involving the lamina propria (intramucosal) without extension through the muscularis mucosa into the submucosa.
(Colorectal Cancer pTis Lamina Propria Invasion TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
They include the mucosa, submucosa, smooth muscle, and serosa.
(Bladder Wall, NCI Thesaurus)
It is composed of four layers - mucosa, submucosa, smooth muscle with inner circular and outer longitudinal layers, and serosa.
(Large Intestinal Wall Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)
Presence of multiple herniations of the mucosa and submucosa of the colon through the circular muscle layer.
(Colonic Diverticulum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
One of the many racemose mucous glands within the back half of the hard palate submucosa.
(Palatine Salivary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)
