Gut Cross Section (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Gut Cross Section

Caption

This is picture of a cross section of a mouse intestine. Each 'petal' on the fringe of the image is showing a villus -- a finger-like projection extending into the lumen of the small intestine.

Credit

Kathleen Caron Lab, UNC

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