intestinal villus

Term ID

UBERON:0001213

Synonyms

• enteric villi
• enteric villous
• enteric villus
• intestinal villi
• intestinal villus layer
• small intestine villus
• villi intestinales
• villus
• villus intestinalis (intestinum tenue)

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 (2)

References

• BTO:0003121
• EMAPA:35784
• Intestinal:villus
• MA:0001563
• NCIT:C33874
• TAO:0005125
• UMLS:C1519988
• ZFA:0005125
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1519988
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/23230007

Ontology

Cell Ontology