Digestive Tract Histology Flashcards

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Esophagus

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Nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium.

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Stomach

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Gastric glands.

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Duodenum

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Villi and microvilli increased absorptive surface. Brunner’s glands (submucosa) and crypts of Lieberkuhn.

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4
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Jejunum

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Plicae circulares and crypts of Lieberkuhn.

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5
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Ileum

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Peyer’s patches (lamina propria, submucosa), plicae circulares (proximal ileum), and crypts of Lieberkuhn. Largest number of goblet cells in the small intestine.

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Colon

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Colon has crypts but no villi, numerous goblet cells.

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