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Small Intestinal Muscularis Mucosa
Two-layered muscularis mucosa extending into the small intestinal villi, where the smooth muscle cells form a longitudinal bundle in the centre of the villi. It is located between the lamina propria and submucosa of the small intestine. (NCI Thesaurus)
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