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Slide 89-Human gastro-esophageal junction |
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A low-magnification image of the gastro-esophageal junction shows the abrupt transition between epithelia in the mucosa of these two regions of the digestive tract. At right is the stratified squamous epithelium of the esophagus and at left is the simple columnar epithelium of the stomach. |