1 Surrounding the mucosa is the submucosa layer of the stomach. 2  The submucosa is made up of various connective tissues, blood vessels, and nerves. 3  Connective tissues support the tissues of the mucosa and connect it to the muscularis layer.
Osteomyelitis is an inflammation or swelling of bone tissue that is usually the result of an infection. Bone infection may occur for many different reasons and can affect children or adults.
DAVID M. NUNAMAKER. The term osteomyelitis by definition implies inflammation of the bone and its marrow contents regardless of the cause. The purpose of this chapter is to describe osteomyelitis caused by known infectious agents. The two major classifications are bacterial osteomyelitis and fungal osteomyelitis. The study of bacterial osteomyelitis includes two distinct clinical forms of the disease.