Crypts of Lieberkühn

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Crypts of Lieberkühn
An intestinal gland from the human intestine.
Latin	glandulae intestinales
Gray's	subject #248 1174
Dorlands/Elsevier	g_06/12392417

The crypts of Lieberkühn (or intestinal glands) are glands found in the epithelial lining of the small intestine and colon. Named after the 18th-century German anatomist Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn, the crypts secrete various enzymes, including sucrase and maltase. Loss of proliferation control in the crypts is thought to lead to colorectal cancer.

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different stages of Coeliac Disease

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• Illustration at trinity.edu
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• Illustration at uokhsc.edu
• synd/2651 at Who Named It
• Dictionary at eMedicine intestinal+glands

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Upper gastrointestinal tract Mouth • Pharynx (nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx) • Esophagus • Crop • Stomach (rugae, gastric pits, cardia/gland, fundus/gland, pylorus/gland, pyloric antrum) Lower gastrointestinal tract Small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum) • Vermiform appendix • Ileocecal valve Large intestine: Cecum • Colon (ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon) • Rectum (Houston valve, rectal ampulla, pectinate line) • Anal canal (anal valves, anal sinuses, anal columns) Anus: Sphincter ani internus muscle • Sphincter ani externus muscle GALT: Peyer's patches • M cells intestinal villus • crypts of Lieberkühn • circular folds • taenia coli • haustra • epiploic appendix