The Layer of the Alimentary Canal Just Inferior to the Mucosa

question 60

Short Answer

The layer of the alimentary canal just inferior to the mucosa that contains loose connective tissue, blood vessels, glands, and nerves is the ________.

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Definitions:

Cell Body

The spherical part of a neuron that contains the nucleus and connects to the dendrites, which receive messages, and the axon, which sends them.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Dendrites

Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project.

Peripheral Nervous System

Of vertebrates, nerves that carry signals between the central nervous system and the rest of the body.