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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:abnormal small intestinal villus morphology
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Accession:MP:0008108 term browser browse the term
Definition:any structural anomaly of 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
Synonyms:exact_synonym: abnormal small intestinal villi



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  mammalian phenotype 8
    digestive/alimentary phenotype 0
      abnormal digestive system morphology 0
        abnormal intestine morphology 0
          abnormal small intestine morphology 0
            abnormal small intestinal villus morphology 0
              abnormal small intestinal microvillus morphology + 0
              abnormal small intestine goblet cell morphology + 0
              blunted small intestinal villi 0
              branched small intestinal villi 0
              clubbed small intestinal villi 0
              decreased small intestinal villus height 0
              decreased small intestinal villus number 0
              decreased small intestinal villus size 0
              fused small intestinal villi 0
              small intestinal villus atrophy 0
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