Villous

Lymphangiectasia - Small Intestine

The many "fingers" projecting out at you from this section of intestine are called villi - hence tissues that have finger-like margins resembling these are known as "villous".

These villi are distended due to lymphangiectasia.

Click on the image to reveal a 21K magnification of the villous projections.


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