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Regularly spaced in the valleys
between the villi, and numbering some 2-3 per villus, are the
straight, tubular intestinal glands or crypts of Lieberkuhn. Given
individual variation, the average villus height (VH) to crypt height
(CH) in the jejunum is about 6:1. This ratio should always be
assessed on evaluating small bowel biopsies because many
malabsorptive diseases are characterized by villus atrophy with
subsequent decrease in the villus/crypt height ratio. |
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