The diagram given below represents a section of small intestinal mucosa. Identify A,B and C.
A – Villi, B – lacteal, C – capillaries
A – lacteal, B – villi, C – capillaries
A – villi, B – lacteal, C – crypts
A – crypts, B – lacteal, C – capillaries
Lacteal -
Villi are supplied with a network of capillaries and a large lymph vessel called the lacteal.
- wherein
Mucosal epithelium has goblet cells which secrete mucus that help in lubrication. Mucosa also forms glands in the stomach (gastric glands) and crypts in between the bases of villi in the intestine (crypts of Lieberkuhn).