Digestive Tract Histology Flashcards
1
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Esophagus
A
Nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium.
2
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Stomach
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Gastric glands.
3
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Duodenum
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Villi and microvilli increased absorptive surface. Brunner’s glands (submucosa) and crypts of Lieberkuhn.
4
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Jejunum
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Plicae circulares and crypts of Lieberkuhn.
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.
6
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Colon
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Colon has crypts but no villi, numerous goblet cells.