Question: what type of epithelial tissue is found in the duodenum?
Answer: Histology. Histologically the duodenum is similar to all the other hollow organs of the gastrointestinal tract: mucosa, submucosa and muscularis. The mucosa consists of simple columnar epithelium (lamina epithelialis), a connective tissue layer (lamina propria) and a smooth muscle layer (lamina muscularis).