oblique fibers of muscular layer of stomach

ob·lique fi·bers of muscular layer of stom·ach

[TA]

smooth muscle fibers of the innermost layer of the muscular coat of the stomach; the fibers occur chiefly at the cardiac end of the stomach and spread over the anterior and posterior surfaces.

Synonym(s): fibrae obliquae tunicae muscularis [TA]

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ob·lique fi·bers of mus·cu·lar lay·er of stom·ach

(ō-blēk' fī'bĕrz mŭs'kyū-lăr lā'ĕr stŏm'ăk) [TA]

The smooth muscle fibers of the innermost layer of the muscular coat of the stomach; the fibers occur chiefly at the cardiac end of the stomach and spread over the anterior and posterior surfaces.

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