Editing Intestinal villus (section)

==Structure==

===Microanatomy===
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File:Gray1059.png|Vertical section of a villus from the dog's small intestine. X 80. (Simple columnar epithelium labeled at right, third from top.)
File:Gray1060.png|Transverse section of a villus, from the human [[intestine]]. X 350.<br />a. [[Basement membrane]], here somewhat shrunken away from the epithelium.<br />b. [[Lacteal]].<br />c. [[Columnar epithelium]].<br />d. Its striated border.<br />e. [[Goblet cells]].<br />f. [[Leucocytes]] in epithelium.<br />f’. Leucocytes below epbithelium.<br />g. [[Blood vessel]]s.<br />h. [[Muscle cells]] cut across.
File:Cross-section histology of small intestinal villi of the terminal ileum.jpg|Cross-section histology of small intestinal villi of the human [[terminal ileum]].
File:MCT Chicken jejunum oblique.jpg|[[X-ray microtomography|MicroCT]]-based volume projection of the jejunal mucosa of a chicken. Virtual volume block with vertically truncated villi in oblique view. Scalebar = 0.2 mm.
File:MCT Chicken jejunum horizontal cut.jpg|MicroCT-based volume projection of the jejunal mucosa of a chicken. Virtual horizontal cut through villi. Scalebar = 0.2 mm.
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[[Enterocytes]], along with [[goblet cells]],  represent the principal cell types of the [[epithelium]] of the villi in the small intestine.<ref name=cytokines>{{Cite web|url=http://www.copewithcytokines.org/cope.cgi?key=Paneth%20cells|title=Paneth cells (Cytokines & Cells Encyclopedia - COPE)}}</ref>