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The multiple layers of the esophagus. The inner most layer is the mucosal layer (including mucosa and submucosa), which is highly folded at rest; the outer layers are muscle layers including circular muscle layer and longitudinal muscle layer (reproduced with permission from Kahrilas [34]).
