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EPITHELIUM AND GLANDS

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Alternative slide 250<br />

Slide 61: Terminal Ileum<br />

Brush border composed of<br />

microvilli<br />

Microvilli are fingerlike<br />

projections that greatly<br />

increase the surface<br />

area of certain cells to<br />

help increase<br />

absorption. Microvilli<br />

are non-motile and are<br />

composed of a core of<br />

thin microfilaments<br />

called actin.<br />

Goblet cell releasing contents<br />

Simple columnar epithelium

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