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The stomach (12.5X)

Microimage
The corpus ventriculi or stomach. Image copyright: University of Oslo, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

This is a histology image of the wall of the stomach (the corpus ventriculi). As you can see, the tunica mucosa is folded. This reflects its function; to be able to have a large capacity of food it should have the ability to expand during meals.