#intestinal_gland

Intestinal gland

Gland between the intestinal villi that produces new cells

In histology, an intestinal gland is a gland found in between villi in the intestinal epithelial lining of the small intestine and large intestine. The glands and intestinal villi are covered by epithelium, which contains multiple types of cells: enterocytes, goblet cells, enteroendocrine cells, cup cells, tuft cells, and at the base of the gland, Paneth cells and stem cells.

Wed 10th

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