Intestinal gland

Intestinal gland
Intestinal gland
	Micrograph of the small intestine mucosa showing the intestinal glands - bottom 1/3 of image. H&E stain.
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Identifiers
Latin	glandula intestinalis
TA98	A05.6.01.012; A05.7.01.008
TA2	2942, 2969
FMA	15052
	Anatomical terminology

In histology, an intestinal gland (also crypt of Lieberkühn and intestinal crypt) is a gland found in between villi in the intestinal epithelial lining of the small intestine and large intestine (or colon). The glands and intestinal villi are covered by epithelium, which contains multiple types of cells: enterocytes (absorbing water and electrolytes), goblet cells (secreting mucus), enteroendocrine cells (secreting hormones), cup cells, myofibroblast, tuft cells, and at the base of the gland, Paneth cells (secreting anti-microbial peptides) and stem cells.