This functional tissue unit (FTU) illustration includes cell types related to the Crypt of Lieberkuhn FTU in the ASCT+B Table Large Intestine v1.2. Multiple histology atlases, especially Netter’s Essential Histology with Correlated Histopathology (Ovalle, Nahirney, and Netter 2021; Junqueira’s Basic Histology Text & Atlas Mescher 2024; Human Microscopic Anatomy Krstić 1991; and Histology: A Text and Atlas* Wojciech Pawlina and Michael H. Ross 2019) were referenced. Measurements were taken from (Baker et al. 2014; Wang et al. 2013). Uberon describes this FTU as follows: "A crypt of Lieberkühn that is part of a large intestine."

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