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| Layer of connective tissue next to the muscularis mucosae; it contains blood vessels that lymphatic vessels |
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| Thin layer of longitudinal and circular smooth muscle fiber lying internally next to the submucosa |
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| Thin layer of squamos epithelium supported by connective tissue |
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| Longitudinal Muscle Layer |
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| Layer of small intestine made of smooth muscle fibers |
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| Layer of the small intestine forming a tight spiral whose coils lie close to the transverse plane of the intestine; helps in making a churning movement in the intestine |
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| Large; deep-staining masses of lymphocytes |
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| Most complex layer of the intestine; subdivided into three layers |
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| Between the villi the mucosal epithelium dips deeply into the propria mucosae to form these; intestinal enzymes are secreted here |
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| Cells of the mucosal epithelium that secrete mucus which lubricates the food within the intestinal lumen |
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| Finger-like projections that extend into the lumen of the intestine |
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