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Meaning of "microvilli"
microvilli (adjective): Pertaining to or characteristic of microscopic, hair-like protrusions found on the surface of cells, particularly in the small intestine, where they aid in absorption of nutrients.
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- plural of microvillus
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An example is the microvilli of the luminal surface.
Each of these cells has many microvilli.
The microvilli are used to absorb nutrients.
The luminal surface is covered with microvilli.
The microvilli are normal and numerous.
The epithelium is simple columnar with microvilli.
The length of microvilli varies depending on cell type.
The surface is profusely covered with microvilli.
Desmosomes and microvilli are present.
Of the virulent organisms trooping through my microvilli.
Titanium dioxide prevents the microvilli from performing efficiently.
These cells are covered with millions of microvilli.
Vesiculation of the microvilli occurred in incubations made hypertonic with mannitol.
It is lined with syncytial epidermis and numerous microvilli.
Absorption of nutrients across the microvilli of the small intestine.
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These villi are covered with smaller projections called microvilli.
Have microvilli at apical surface and help in secretion and absorption.
Dorsally it is smooth and devoid of microvilli.
Microvilli are recognized in a section separate from the openings of goblet cells.
These microscopic folds are called microvilli.
Microvilli are observed in a section separate from the openings of goblet cells.
No openings of goblet cells are recognized and no microvilli are observed.
Microvilli function as the primary surface of nutrient absorption in the gastrointestinal tract.
Actin filaments are the skeleton of microvilli.
The apical plasma membrane projects microvilli to give an increased surface area for secretion.
The surface mucous cells are pyramidal with apical microvilli.
These canals remain when the microvilli are withdrawn from the seta during formation.
They possessed a cuboidal morphology with numerous apical microvilli.
They contain actin for structural support and microvilli for propulsion of substances along the tubules.
The villi are small projections which have projections called microvilli.
Microvilli line the lumen of the gastric glands and cells have elaborate interdigitating lateral folds.
Similar surface area strategies are used by microvilli in your intestines.
Microvilli project from the apex of the chaetoblast into canals within the fully differentiated setae.
Some of them have an apical tuft of rigid microvilli brush cells.
Microvilli are covered in plasma membrane, which encloses cytoplasm and microfilaments.
The parasite can cause damage to the microvilli where it attaches.
This discontinuous membrane is caused by cell blebbing and the loss of microvilli.
The ascending dendrites are flanked by the microvilli of the trichogen cell.
The mechanoreceptors are composed of clumps of clubbed cilia in apical pits lined with microvilli.
Has numerous microvilli.
It has an indistinct stalk and the anterior surface is lined with microvilli.
Some sensory neurons have small projections called microvilli that extend outward from their cell surfaces.
Positive patients had a moderate or severe histological degree of intestinal microvilli atrophy.
Interdigitation is visible between the RPE microvilli and the photoreceptor outer segment disks.
This discontinuous membrane may be caused by cell blebbing and the loss of microvilli.
These cells are cuboidal, with microvilli and a single cilium on their surface.
All these patients had a moderate or severe histological degree of intestinal microvilli atrophy.
As mentioned, microvilli are formed as cell extensions from the plasma membrane surface.
They found that stomatin was mainly expressed on microvilli of supporting cells.
Microvilli - increases surface area for absorption of nutrients from surrounding medium.
