Subserosa

Tela subserosa
Layers of Stomach Wall: Serosa Tela subserosa Muscularis Oblique fibers of muscle wall Circular muscle layer Longitudinal muscle layer Submucosa Lamina muscularis mucosae Mucosa Lamina propria Epithelium Gastric glands Gastric pits Villous folds Gastric areas (gastric surface)
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Latin	tela subserosa
Dorlands /Elsevier	t_03/12792698
Anatomical terminology []

The tela subserosa (or just subserosa) is a thin layer of tissue in the walls of various organs. It is a layer of connective tissue (usually of the areolar type) between the muscular layer (muscularis externa) and the serosa (serous membrane).

The subserosa has clinical importance particularly in cancer staging (for example, in staging stomach cancer or uterine cancer).

The subserosa ( + serosa) is to a serous membrane what the submucosa ( + mucosa) is to a mucous membrane.