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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:decreased small intestinal villus size
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Definition:reduced size 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: reduced small intestinal villus size



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  mammalian phenotype 1
    digestive/alimentary phenotype 1
      abnormal digestive system morphology 1
        abnormal intestine morphology 1
          abnormal small intestine morphology 0
            abnormal small intestinal villus morphology 0
              decreased small intestinal villus size 0
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