crypts of LieberkÑŒhn
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LieberkÑŒhn glands (crypts follicles) — Lie·ber·kÑŒhn glands (crypts, follicles) (leґber kēn) [Johann Nathaniel LieberkÑŒhn, German anatomist, 1711–1756] glandulae intestinales … Medical dictionary
Paneth cells — narrow, pyramidal, or columnar epithelial cells with a round or oval nucleus close to the base, occurring in the fundus of the crypts of LieberkÑŒhn; they contain large granules that secrete antimicrobial substances such as defensins. Called also … Medical dictionary
glandulae duodenales — [TA] duodenal glands: tubuloacinar glands in the submucous layer of the duodenum that open into the crypts of LieberkÑŒhn; they secrete urogastrone. Called also Brunner glands … Medical dictionary
glandulae intestinales — [TA] intestinal glands: simple tubular glands in the mucous membrane of either the small intestine (glandulae intestinales intestini tenuis), opening between the bases of the villi and containing argentaffin cells; or the large intestine… … Medical dictionary
