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Gastrointestinal villi and crypts cartoon

The entire intestinal mucosa forms intestinal villi (about one mm long), which increase the surface area by a factor of ~ ten. The surface of the villi is formed by a simple columnar epithelium. Each absorptive cell or enterocyte of the epithelium forms numerous microvilli (1 µm long and about 0.1 µm wide). Microvilli increase the surface area by a factor of ~ 20.

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current13:48, 18 February 2013Thumbnail for version as of 13:48, 18 February 2013500 × 333 (28 KB)Z8600021 (talk | contribs)==Gastrointestinal villi and crypts cartoon== The entire intestinal mucosa forms intestinal villi (about one mm long), which increase the surface area by a factor of ~ ten. The surface of the villi is formed by a simple columnar epithelium. Each absorpti

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