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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.
Term:intestinal villus
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Definition:The tiny hair-like projections that protrude from the inside of the small intestine that contain blood vessels that capture digested nutrients that are absorbed through the intestinal wall; the villi increase the absorptive surface area of the small intestine by approximately 30-fold.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: enteric villi;   enteric villous;   enteric villus;   intestinal villi;   villus;   villus intestinalis (intestinum tenue)
 related_synonym: intestinal villus layer;   small intestine villus;   villi intestinales
 alt_id: UBERON:0007607
 xref: BTO:0003121;   EMAPA:35784;   FMA:15072;   MA:0001563;   NCI:C33874;   SCTID:23230007;   TAO:0005125;   UMLS:C1519988;   Wikipedia:Intestinal_villus;   ZFA:0005125


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            organ part 0
              organ component layer 0
                intestinal villus 0
                  epithelium of intestinal villus + 0
                  intestinal villus of duodenum + 0
                  intestinal villus of ileum + 0
                  intestinal villus of jejunum + 0
                  lacteal 0
                  small intestine arteriole 0
                  small intestine venule 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        subdivision of digestive tract 0
                          intestine 0
                            wall of intestine 0
                              intestinal mucosa 0
                                intestinal epithelium 0
                                  intestinal villus 0
                                    epithelium of intestinal villus + 0
                                    intestinal villus of duodenum + 0
                                    intestinal villus of ileum + 0
                                    intestinal villus of jejunum + 0
                                    lacteal 0
                                    small intestine arteriole 0
                                    small intestine venule 0
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