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| Crypts of Lieberkuhn |
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What is it? |
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(Johann Nathaniel Lieberkuhn, 1711–1756, German
anatomist), crypts, also called glands or follicles,
simple tubular glands in the mucous membrane of the
gastrointestinal system, opening between the base of
the villi and containing argentaffin cells.
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