Small intestine (jejunus-ileum) with circular folds.
Details
Location
Small intestine
Identifiers
Latin
plicae circulares
TA98
A05.6.01.007
TA2
2943
FMA
15071
Anatomical terminology
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The circular folds (also known as valves of Kerckring, valves of Kerchkring, plicae circulares, plicae circulae, and valvulae conniventes) are large valvular flaps projecting into the lumen of the small intestine.
The circularfolds (also known as valves of Kerckring, valves of Kerchkring, plicae circulares, plicae circulae, and valvulae conniventes) are large valvular...
of its lumen is smaller and has thinner walls than the jejunum. Its circularfolds are smaller and absent in the terminal part of the ileum. While the...
duodenum to the ileum. It is about 2.5 m (8 ft) long, and contains the circularfolds, and intestinal villi that increase its surface area. Products of digestion...
The combination of the circularfolds, the villi, and the microvilli increases the absorptive area of the mucosa about 600-fold, making a total area of...
many large circularfolds in its submucosa called plicae circulares that increase the surface area for nutrient absorption. The plicae circulares are best...
circularfolds, flaps of doubled mucosal membrane which partially encircle and sometimes completely encircle the lumen of the intestine. These folds together...
elevates the mucous membrane. Two folds arise from the cartilaginous opening: the salpingopharyngeal fold, a vertical fold of mucous membrane extending from...
during digestion. Gastric folds may be seen during esophagogastroduodenoscopy or in radiological studies. The gastric folds consist of two layers: Mucosal...
single villus. The intestinal villi are much smaller than any of the circularfolds in the intestine. Villi increase the internal surface area of the intestinal...
columnar epithelium features longitudinal folds or elevations of tunica mucosa which are joined inferiorly by folds of mucous membrane known as anal valves...
The transverse folds of rectum (or Houston's valves or the valves of Houston) are semi-lunar transverse folds of the rectal wall that protrude into the...
which control defecation.: 397 The anus is surrounded in its length by folds called anal valves, which converge at a line known as the pectinate line...
tissue, surrounded by a muscularis propria of two bands of muscle, an inner circular band and an outer longitudinal one. There are a higher concentration of...
pylorus. During the contracted state of the organ it is thrown into numerous folds or rugae, which, for the most part, have a longitudinal direction, and are...
intestinal wall from digestive enzymes. In the small intestine, villi are folds of the mucosa that increase the surface area of the intestine. The villi...
has been performed. The ileocecal valve is typically located on the last fold before entry into the cecum and can be located from the direction of curvature...
between pelvic organs. The vaginal mucosa is absent of glands. It forms folds (transverse ridges or rugae), which are more prominent in the outer third...
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