A region of muscle in many organs in the vertebrate body, adjacent to the submucosa membrane. It is responsible for gut movement such as peristalsis. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_layer ]
Synonyms: muscular layer tunica muscularis muscularis layer
Term information
- UMLS:C0225358 (ncithesaurus:Muscle_Layer)
- SCTID:86915006
- BTO:0004838
- Wikipedia:Muscular_layer
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000009
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006676
An outer layer of smooth muscle surrounding a hollow or tubular organ as the bladder, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine, stomach, ureter, uterus, and vagina that often consists of an inner layer of circular fibers serving to narrow the lumen of the organ and an outer layer of longitudinal fibers serving to shorten its length[BTO].
typically smooth muscle, but there may be exceptions - in the upper esophagus, part of the externa is skeletal muscle, rather than smooth muscle.
currently this class conflates a generic layer of muscle and a specific layer found lining the digestive tract (the muscularis externa), typically composed of circular and longitudinal layers (although this varies)
muscularis externa
muscularis propria
tunica externa
tunica muscularis
transverse muscular fibers
muscular coat
muscularis