A portion of tissue formed between the base of the intestinal villi that is part of the intestinal epithelium where intestinal stem cells are located. In the intestine no crypts are present, but, the regions between the villi, the intervillus pockets, have a crypt-like function. Cells are produced in the intervillus pockets and shed from the villus tips. [ http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-050209-3 ]

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Term information

OBO foundry unique label

intervillus pockets (zebrafish)

created by

Ceri

creation date

2010-01-07T12:26:13Z

has related synonym

intestinal crypt

has obo namespace

zebrafish_anatomy

id

ZFA:0005256