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Preferred Name

Small Intestinal Mucosa

Definitions
Mucosa arranged into two fundamental structures - villi and crypts of Lieberkuhn. Villi are projections into the lumen of the small intestine, covered with simple columnar epithelium. Crypts of Lieberkuhn are moat-like invaginations of the epithelium around the villi that extend through the lamina propria down to the muscularis mucosae. Lymphocytes often invade the epithelium or form solitary lymphoid nodules in the lamina propria. Lymph nodules may form longitudinal aggregations of 30-50 nodules in the lamina propria of the ileum. These large aggregations are called Peyer's patches. The muscularis mucosae has two layers and extends into the intestinal villi, where the smooth muscle cells form a longitudinal bundle in the centre of the villi. The small intestinal mucosa secretes gastrin, somatostatin, cholecystokinin and secretin.
Synonyms
Small Bowel Mucosa
organ mucosa of small bowel
small intestine mucosa of organ
mucosa of organ of small intestine
small bowel mucosa
Small Intestinal Mucosa
tunica mucosa intestini tenuis
small intestine mucous membrane
mucosa of small bowel
small bowel mucosa of organ
SMALL INTESTINAL MUCOSA
tunica mucosa (intestinum tenue)
small intestinal mucosa
small intestine mucosa
mucous membrane of small bowel
mucosa of small intestine
mucosa of organ of small bowel
small bowel organ mucosa
small bowel mucous membrane
mucous membrane of small intestine
small intestine organ mucosa
organ mucosa of small intestine
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