Preferred Name |
intestinal villus |
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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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depiction |
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 part | ||
has_alternative_id |
UBERON:0007607 |
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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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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
villi intestinales intestinal villus layer small intestine villus |
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id |
UBERON:0001213 |
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in_subset |
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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overlaps | ||
part_of | ||
prefLabel |
intestinal villus |
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