crypts of Lieberkühn

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Related to Crypts of Lieberkuhn: Peyer's patches, Paneth Cells, Brunner's glands, Plicae circulares

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see digestive systemdigestive system,
in the animal kingdom, a group of organs functioning in digestion and assimilation of food and elimination of wastes. Virtually all animals have a digestive system. In the vertebrates (phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata) the digestive system is very complex.
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crypts of Lieberkühn

[′krips əv ′lē·bər‚kyu̇n]

(anatomy)

Simple, tubular glands which arise as evaginations into the mucosa of the small intestine.

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The length of the crypts of Lieberkuhn and of the villi both in the middle portion of the small intestine were morphometrically analyzed (Table II and III; Fig.

Comparative intestinal histomorphology of five species of phyllostomid bats (phyllostomidae, microchiroptera): ecomorphological relations with alimentary habits/Histomorfometria comparativa de intestino de cinco especies de murcielagos phyllostomideos (phyllostomidae, microchiroptera): relaciones ecomorfologicas con habitos alimentarios

Doing all that work are a million or so deep crevices called the crypts of Lieberkuhn that look like test tubes in a rack.

Decoding the cryptic origins of colon cancer. (NIEHS News)

The normal colonic mucosa is made up of straight tubular glands, termed crypts of Lieberkuhn, packed parallel to each other and perpendicular to the muscularis mucosa.