In histology, an intestinal gland (also crypt of Lieberkühn and intestinal crypt) is a gland found in between villi in the intestinal epithelium lining...

protection for the duodenum.[citation needed] The Brunner glands, which empty into the intestinal glands, secrete an alkaline fluid composed of mucin, which...

surface area threefold. Villi and intestinal glands serve to increase the mucosal surface area tenfold. (Intestinal villus) Microvilli covering the apical...

serous glands; also called "eccrine", e.g. major sweat glands of humans, goblet cells, salivary gland, tear gland and intestinal glands) Apocrine glands –...

Intestinal villi (sg.: villus) are small, finger-like projections that extend into the lumen of the small intestine. Each villus is approximately 0.5–1...

increase the surface area over which absorption can take place. Numerous intestinal glands as pocket-like invaginations are present in the underlying tissue...

eccrine sweat glands[dubious – discuss], salivary glands, goblet cells, intestinal glands, tear glands, etc. Apocrine – the apical portion of the cytoplasm...

provided by the intestinal mucosal barrier, which is composed of physical, biochemical, and immune elements elaborated by the intestinal mucosa. Microorganisms...

The gastric glands are glands in the lining of the stomach that play an essential role in the process of digestion. The gastric glands are located in gastric...

gastric phase, and the intestinal phase. The first stage, the cephalic phase of digestion, begins with secretions from gastric glands in response to the sight...

the cecum and appendix. They are located below the intestinal stem cells in the intestinal glands (also called crypts of Lieberkühn) and the large eosinophilic...

The pituitary gland (or hypophysis cerebri) is an endocrine gland in vertebrates. In humans, the pituitary gland is located at the base of the brain, protruding...

is considered abnormally dilated. The surface area of the human small intestinal mucosa, due to enlargement caused by folds, villi and microvilli, averages...

Peyer's patches were actually lymph glands. Peyer's patches are observable as elongated thickenings of the intestinal mucosa measuring a few centimeters...

Vasoactive intestinal peptide, also known as vasoactive intestinal polypeptide or VIP, is a peptide hormone that is vasoactive in the intestine. VIP is...

are called the intestinal glands or colonic crypts. Micrograph of normal large instestinal crypts. Anatomy of normal large intestinal crypts The colon...

and nerves (all supplying the mucosa) will run through here. In the intestinal wall, tiny parasympathetic ganglia are scattered around forming the submucous...

layer of the stomach, which contains the gastric pits, to which the gastric glands empty. In humans, it is about one mm thick, and its surface is smooth, soft...

can be seen in the examples below as the larger, more pale cells. An intestinal gland from the human intestine with goblet cells visible Goblet cell in ileum...

Parathyroid glands are small endocrine glands in the neck of humans and other tetrapods. Humans usually have four parathyroid glands, located on the back...

in the lower left quadrant of the abdomen instead of the lower right. Intestinal malrotation may also cause displacement of the appendix to the left side...

the terminal part of the ileum, are only found at the bottom of the intestinal glands and release antimicrobial substances such as alpha defensins and lysozyme;...

fraction found in the intestinal juices that digest peptones into amino acids. It is produced and secreted by the intestinal glands in the ileum and the...

The esophageal glands are glands that are part of the digestive system of various animals, including humans. In humans the glands are known as the esophageal...

(acetylcholine and vasoactive intestinal peptide). Acetylcholine binds to the receptor on the basolateral membrane of the gland. This in turn activates calcium...

histologically identifiable structure. While the length of the entire intestinal tract contains lymphoid tissue, only the ileum has abundant Peyer's patches...

the mouse submandibular gland, but since then found in many human tissues including the submandibular gland, and the parotid gland. Salivary EGF, which also...

examples include: Endometrium: the mucosa of the uterus Gastric mucosa Intestinal mucosa Nasal mucosa Olfactory mucosa Oral mucosa Penile mucosa Respiratory...

derived from stem cells are constantly produced on the bottom of the intestinal glands, regenerating the epithelium (epithelial cell turnover time is less...

peculiar organ it is. There's nothing like it in mammals. The secretory glands that line the proventriculus gives it the nickname of the "true stomach...