loading...| Preferred Name | intestinal villus | |
| Synonyms |
villi intestinales intestinal villus layer small intestine villus intestinal villi enteric villus enteric villi enteric villous villus intestinalis (intestinum tenue) villus |
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| Definitions |
The tiny hair-like projections that protrude from the inside of the small intestine that contain blood vessels that capture digested nutrients that are absorbed through the intestinal wall; the villi increase the absorptive surface area of the small intestine by approximately 30-fold. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001213 |
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| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:23230007 ZFA:0005125 NCIT:C33874 UMLS:C1519988 BTO:0003121 EMAPA:35784 Wikipedia:Intestinal_villus TAO:0005125 FMA:15072 MA:0001563 |
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| definition |
The tiny hair-like projections that protrude from the inside of the small intestine that contain blood vessels that capture digested nutrients that are absorbed through the intestinal wall; the villi increase the absorptive surface area of the small intestine by approximately 30-fold. |
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| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Small_intestine_low_mag.jpg |
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| editor note |
in mammals, villi are (largely?) absent from the large intestine, so we treat this as equivalent to small intestinal villus. small/large subdivision may not make sense for all species for which this is present (see ZFA). Note that VHOG quotes ISBN:978-0030223693 as suggesting there are some villi in the large intestine |
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| has_exact_synonym |
villi intestinales intestinal villi enteric villus enteric villi enteric villous villus intestinalis (intestinum tenue) villus |
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| hasAlternativeId |
UBERON:0007607 |
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| hasOBONamespace |
uberon |
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| hasRelatedSynonym |
villi intestinales intestinal villus layer small intestine villus |
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| id |
UBERON:0001213 |
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| inSubset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
intestinal villus |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001213 |
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| part_of | ||
| prefLabel |
intestinal villus |
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| UBPROP_0000001 |
The entire digestive tract is lined by well developed villi, which are longest in the intestinal bulb and decrease progressively in size towards the caudal end of the intestine. No crypts are present, but, the regions between the villi, the intervillus pockets, have a crypt-like function. Cells are produced in the intervillus pockets and shed from the villus tips. Crosnier et al. 2005[TAO] |
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| UBPROP_0000012 |
the BTO class refers to a generic villous |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CARO_0000000 |