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Which layer of the digestive tract is composed of epithelial tissue and may contain folds and mucus-secreting glands

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The mucosa consists of epithelium, an underlying loose connective tissue layer called lamina propria, and a thin layer of smooth muscle called the muscularis mucosa.

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