Definitions for "Submucosa"
the layer of connective tissue under a mucous membrane
layer of connective tissue located beneath a mucous membrane, as in the gastrointestinal tract or the urinary bladder; the submucosa connects the mucosa to the muscularis tunic
(sub mew koe´ sah) • The tissue layer just under the epithelial lining of the lumen of the digestive tract. (Contrast with mucosa.)