Microvilli.jpg


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English: Transmission electron microscope image of a thin section cut through a human jejunum (segment of small intestine) epithelial cell. Image shows apical end of absorptive cell with some of the densely packed microvilli that make up the striated border. Each microvillus is approximately 1um long by 0.1um in diameter and contains a core of actin microfilaments.
Source http://remf.dartmouth.edu/images/humanMicrovilliTEM/source/1.html
Author Louisa Howard, Katherine Connollly - Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility
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  • 18:51, 28 December 2002 Magnus Manske 350x247 (19,689 bytes) (Source and public domain notice at [http://remf.dartmouth.edu/imagesindex.html])

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