Jochen Lennerz and Jason Mills / University of Michigan Center for Organogenesis, Bioartography collection
Image of the Day: Gastric Rainbow
This section through a mouse stomach shows where food is digested (black area near the top) by enzymes and acids made by the green and magenta cells, respectively, while the red cells lining the stomach's surface secrete mucus to protect the stomach from self-digestion.
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