Digestive tract histology Flashcards
1
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Esophagus
A
Nonkeratinized *stratified squamous epithelium.
2
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Stomach
A
Gastric glands
3
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Duodenum
A
Villi and microvilli INC absorptive surface
- Brunner glands (HCO3−secreting cells of submucosa)
- crypts of Lieberkühn.
4
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Jejunum
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- Plicae circulares
* crypts of Lieberkühn
5
Q
Ileum
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- Peyer patches
- plicae circulares
- crypts of Lieberkühn
Largest number of *goblet cells in the small intestine
6
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Colon
A
- Crypts of Lieberkühn but no villi
* abundant goblet cells.