RT Book, Section
A1 Chandrasoma, Parakrama
A1 Taylor, Clive R.
SR Print(0)
ID 188804
T1 Chapter 37. The Esophagus
T2 Concise Pathology, 3e
YR 1998
FD 1998
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780838514993
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=188804
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  esophagus  is  a  muscular  tube  approximately  25  cm  long  that  extends  from  the  neck  down  the  posterior  mediastinum  and  through  the  diaphragm  to  the  stomach  (Figure  37-1).  It  is  lined  by  nonkeratinizing  stratified  squamous  epithelium  that  transforms  abruptly  to  gastric  epithelium  at  the  gastroesophageal  junction.  The  junction  is  usually  37–40  cm  from  the  incisor  teeth  and  may  be  identified  endoscopically  by  a  change  in  appearance  from  the  white  squamous  mucosa  to  the  tan  glandular  mucosa.