Transverse section of a villus, from the human intestine. X 350. - a. Basement membrane, here somewhat shrunken away from the epithelium. - b. Lacteal. - c. Columnar epithelium. - d. Its striated border. - e. Goblet cells. - f. Leucocytes in epithelium. - f’. Leucocytes below epithelium. - g. Bloodvessels. - h. Muscle cells cut across.

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Transverse section of a villus, from the human intestine. X 350. - a. Basement membrane, here somewhat shrunken away from the epithelium. - b. Lacteal. - c. Columnar epithelium. - d. Its striated border. - e. Goblet cells. - f. Leucocytes in epithelium. - f’. Leucocytes below epithelium. - g. Bloodvessels. - h. Muscle cells cut across.