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* intestinal mucosa forms intestinal villi about 1 mm long. | * intestinal mucosa forms intestinal villi about 1 mm long. | ||
* increase the surface area by about ten-fold. | * increase the surface area by about ten-fold. | ||
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* each absorptive cell or enterocyte of the epithelium forms numerous microvilli (1 µm long and about 0.1 µm wide). | * 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 again by a factor of about twenty-fold. | ** microvilli increase the surface area again by a factor of about twenty-fold. | ||
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* crypts of Lieberkühn. | * crypts of Lieberkühn. | ||
* lie between the intestinal villi and are openings of simple tubular glands. | * lie between the intestinal villi and are openings of simple tubular glands. |
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Gastrointestinal Villi and Crypts cartoon
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