| MP term: | decreased small intestinal villus size |
| Synonym: | reduced small intestinal villus size |
| MP id: | MP:0008142 |
| Definition: | reduced size of the tiny hair-like projections that protrude from the inside of the small intestine that contain blood vessels that capture digested nutrients that are absorbed through the intestinal wall; the villi increase the absorptive surface area of the small intestine by approximately 30-fold |
| Number of paths to term: | 2 |
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digestive/alimentary phenotypeabnormal digestive system morphologyabnormal intestine morphologyabnormal intestinal epithelium morphologyabnormal enterocyte morphologyabnormal small intestinal villus morphologyabnormal small intestinal microvillus morphology +decreased small intestinal villus size [MP:0008142] (23 genotypes, 23 annotations)digestive/alimentary phenotypeabnormal digestive system morphologyabnormal intestine morphologyabnormal small intestine morphologyabnormal small intestinal villus morphologyabnormal small intestinal microvillus morphology +decreased small intestinal villus size [MP:0008142] (23 genotypes, 23 annotations)Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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