Digestive System – Stomach
Colour by Numbers Activity
The content in this activity aligns with Chapter 12: Digestive System (Gastrointestinal) in Building a Medical Terminology Foundation 2e.
Instructions: Review the illustration. This illustration displays the stomach.
Task: Colour each numbered structure using the colour indicated in the list below:
- esophagus (green)
- cardia (dark blue)
- fundus (orange)
- muscularis externa – longitudinal layer (yellow)
- circular layer (red)
- oblique layer (brown)
- serosa (purple)
- body (green)
- lesser curvature (pink)
- lumen (light blue)
- rugae of mucosa (grey)
- pyloric sphincter value (purple)
- greater curvature (red)
- duodenum (dark blue)
- pyloric canal (orange)
- pyloric antrum (brown)
Image Attribution
The image used in this activity was sourced from OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology OER by Betts, et al., which is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Following OpenStax’s leadership and in the spirit of open education, we have licensed this OER with the same license.
Image Description
This image shows a cross-section of the stomach, and the major parts: the cardia, fundus, body and pylorus are labeled. Labels read (from top of stomach): esophagus, muscular externa (longitudinal layer, circular layer, oblique layer), cardia, fundus, serosa, lesser and greater curvatures, lumen, rugae of mucosa, pyloric antrum, pyloric canal, pyloric sphincter valve at pylorus, duodenum.