Microvilli (sg.: microvillus) are microscopic cellular membrane protrusions that increase the surface area for diffusion and minimize any increase in volume...

many microvilli projecting from the enterocytes of its epithelium which collectively form the striated or brush border. Each of these microvilli are about...

collared flagellates, having a funnel shaped collar of interconnected microvilli at the base of a flagellum. Choanoflagellates are capable of both asexual...

nanometers. Because individual microvilli are so small and are tightly packed in the brush border, individual microvilli can only be resolved using electron...

cell modifications. They are distinct from cilia and microvilli, but are closely related to microvilli. They form single "finger-like" projections that may...

referred to as the juxtaparanodal region. The nodes are encapsulated by microvilli stemming from the outer aspect of the Schwann cell membrane in the PNS...

densely packed microvilli forming a border readily visible under the light microscope giving the brush border cell its name. The microvilli greatly increase...

serve to increase the mucosal surface area tenfold. (Intestinal villus) Microvilli covering the apical surface of the enterocytes increase the absorptive...

small intestinal mucosa, due to enlargement caused by folds, villi and microvilli, averages 30 square metres (320 sq ft). The small intestine is divided...

where the majority of digestion takes place. Microscopic projections, microvilli, increase the surface area of the wall to absorb nutrients. In the hindgut...

regulate the osmotic pressure of the worm, and maintain its ionic balance. Microvilli in the tube cell may be used to reabsorb some ions. Molecules enter the...

not microtubules. They are structurally and molecularly more similar to microvilli than to true cilia.[dubious – discuss] Pseudostratified columnar epithelia...

membranes which line the body cavities. Serous membrane fluid collects on microvilli on the outer layer and acts as a lubricant and reduces friction from muscle...

ingested foodstuffs. The epithelial cells which line these villi have microvilli. The transport of nutrients across epithelial cells through the jejunum...

foot processes (i.e., podocyte effacement), vacuolation, and growth of microvilli on the visceral epithelial cells, allowing for excess protein loss in...

organised into plicae circulares and villi, and the enterocytes have microvilli. The microvilli create a brush border that increases the area for absorption....

structure found at the apical surface of epithelial cells that possess microvilli. It is composed primarily of actin filaments stabilized by spectrin, which...

extensions that attach to astrocytes. The apical side is covered in cilia and microvilli. Lining the CSF-filled ventricles, and spinal canal, the ependymal cells...

(320 sq ft). The combination of the circular folds, the villi, and the microvilli increases the absorptive area of the mucosa about 600-fold, making a total...

This discontinuous membrane is caused by cell blebbing and the loss of microvilli. On a larger histologic scale, pseudopalisades (false palisades) are hypercellular...

wall is lined by a single layer of columnar cells with a brush border of microvilli, very similar to intestinal absorptive cells. Underneath the epithelium...

Tracheal respiratory epithelium showing cilia and much smaller microvilli on non-ciliated cells in scanning electron micrograph....

lacunae. The luminal surface is covered with microvilli. The proteins and serosal fluid trapped by the microvilli provide a slippery surface for internal organs...

that contain a central flagellum, or cilium, surrounded by a collar of microvilli which are connected by a thin membrane. They make up the choanoderm, a...

have a peritrichous arrangement. It also attaches and effaces to the microvilli of the intestines via an adhesion molecule known as intimin. E. coli can...

distinct types of cells that serve different purposes: enterocytes with microvilli, which digest and absorb nutrients; goblet cells, which secrete mucin...

they are known as brush cells. The name "tuft" refers to the brush-like microvilli projecting from the cells. Ordinarily there are very few tuft cells present...

with protrusions of trophoblast cells. This adhering activity is by microvilli that are on the trophoblast. The trophoblast have binding fiber connections...

morphological and functional similarities, such as cell polarity and apical microvilli, similar organ-specific antigens and associated autoimmune diseases, secretion...

are modified epithelial cells; they typically possess bundles of 40-50 microvilli "hairs" which function as the mechanoreceptors. Within each bundle, the...