TABLE&14.

1:&REVIEW&OF&THE&GI&TRACT
PART%OF%GI%TRACT

EPITHELIUM%TYPE

MAIN%CELL%TYPE%OF%EPITHELIUM DISTICTIVE%FEATURES

Esophagus

Stratified)squamous

/)Squamous)cells

Body/Fundus%of%Stomach

Glandular,)straight)tubular

/)Surface)mucous)cells
/)Neck)mucous)cells
/)Parietal)cells
/)Chief)(peptic))cells
Pylorus/Cardia%of%Stomach Glandular,)coiled,)branched)tubular
/)Mucous)cells
/)Occasional)parietal)cells
Duodenum
Glandular)w/)villi)&)crypts)of)Lieberkuhn /)Enterocytes)w/)microvilli
/)Goblet)cells
/)Paneth)cells
Jejunum/ileum
Glandular)w/)villi)&)crypts)of)Lieberkuhn /)Enterocytes)w/)microvilli
/)Goblet)cells
/)Paneth)cells
Colon/Rectum
Glandular,)straight)crypts
/)Goblet)cells
/)Absorptive)cells
Appendix
Glandular,)straight)crypts
/)Goblet)cells
/)Tall)columnar)cells
Anus
Stratified)squamous
/)Squamous)cells

/)Submucosal)glands
/)Lymphoid)cells)(sparse)
/)No)lymphoid)aggregates

/)Lymphoid)cells)(sparse)
/)No)lymphoid)aggregates
/)Brunner's%glands
/)Plicae)circulares)(after)
distal)duodenum)
/)Peyer's%patches%(more)
prominent)distally)
/)Plicae)cirulares
/)Taeniae%coli
/)Prominent)lymphoid)
tissue
M%Columns%of%Morgagni