Question

Mr. Black was a tense man who divided up his long working hours with coffee and cigarette breaks. After work he would consume several cocktails before dinner. The x-ray studies showed abnormality in the lining of the stomach. This innermost layer of the organ is the

Answer 1

Mucosa is the innermost layer of the stomach.

Layers of stomach from innermost to outermost are-

1. Mucosa

2. Sub mucosa

3. Muscularis layer

4. Serosa

The abnormality shown in x-ray is ulceration caused in mucosal layer. Ulceration is caused by excessive consumption of alcohol and smoking which cause discontinuation in epithelial lining of stomach.