Histology of the Digestive System — In-Depth Study
Histology · Basic Sciences
How it begins
Estudio microscópico exhaustivo del tubo digestivo y sus glándulas anexas: arquitectura tisular, citología funcional, bases moleculares de la digestión, sistema neuroendocrino entérico (GEP), barrera mucosa y correlaciones clínico-patológicas de nivel experto. Material orientado a estudiantes de Medicina, Residentes de Patología, Gastroenterología y áreas afines.
What it covers
- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction and general organization
- · Common structural plan
- 2. The four layers of the digestive tract in detail
- · 2.1. Mucous
- · 2.2. Submucosa
- · 2.3. External muscle (muscularis propria)
- · 2.4. Serosa/Adventitia
- 3. oral cavity
- 4. Tongue and lingual papillae
- · Lingual papillae
- 5. Teeth and periodontal apparatus
- 6. Major salivary glands
- · Types of acini
- · Ductal system
- 7. esophagus
- · Mucosa
- · Submucosa
- · External muscle
- · Adventitia / Serosa
- 8. Esophagogastric junction (Z line)
- 9. Stomach KEY
- · Gastric mucosa — General characteristics
- · 9.1. Cardias
- · 9.2. Fundus and body — Oxyntic (fundic) glands
- · 9.3. Antrum and pylorus — Pyloric glands
- · Muscularis mucosae, submucosa, muscularis externa
- 10. Small intestine — Duodenum
- · Cellular components of the intestinal epithelium
- · Distinctive characteristics of the duodenum
- 11. Jejunum and ileum
- · Histophysiology of absorption
- 12. Gut-associated immune system (GALT)
- 13. Large intestine (Colon)
- · Mucosa
- · External muscle
- · Epploid appendages
- 14. Cecal appendix
- 15. Rectum and anal canal
- 16. Enteric nervous system (ENS)
- 17. Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine system (GEP)
- 18. KEY Liver
- · Parenchyma organization — three functional models
- · Liver cytology
- · Intrahepatic biliary system
- · Double hepatic circulation
- 19. Gallbladder and extrahepatic bile ducts
- 20. Exocrine and endocrine pancreas
- · Exocrine pancreas
- · Endocrine pancreas — Islets of Langerhans
- 21. Integrative clinicopathological synthesis
- · Essential immunohistochemical markers
- · Relevant histochemical stains
- · Synoptic table of epithelial transitions of the digestive tract
- · Epithelial renewal — cell half-life
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- Subject
- Histology
- Category
- Basic Sciences
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 55
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02