Gastrointestinal Pathology for Medical II Students

Lab 2b Normal Jejunal Mucosa continued (65000-00100)

Slide 3 
The lower half of the crypts contains mostly undifferentiated cells with a high mitotic rate. One mitosis is noted by the arrow. As the villus epithelium of the intestine is shed, there is upper displacement and differentiation of cells generated from the undifferentiated basal epithelium. The entire process of cell division, migration, and maturation takes about 2-6 days.

crypts
Slide 4
As the undifferentiated cells of the crypt migrate up into the villus, they differentiate into the absorptive cells covered by a microvillus brush border and into mucin-secreting goblet cells (arrow). Note the lacteal in the central port of the villus.
villus

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Updated March 2, 2007