villus (redirected from synovial villi)

villus /vil·lus/ (vil´us) pl. vil´li   [L.] a small vascular process or protrusion, especially from the free surface of a membrane.

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arachnoid villi 

1. microscopic projections of the arachnoid into some of the venous sinuses.

2. arachnoidal granulations.

chorionic villus  one of the threadlike projections growing in tufts on the external surface of the chorion.

intestinal villi  multitudinous threadlike projections covering the surface of the mucous membrane lining the small intestine, serving as the sites of absorption of fluids and nutrients.

Intestinal villus.

synovial villi  slender projections of the synovial membrane from its free inner surface into the joint cavity.

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vil·lus (vls)

n. pl. vil·li (vl)

1. A minute projection arising from a mucous membrane, especially one of the vascular projections of the small intestine.

2. Such a projection of the chorion that contributes to placental formation in mammals.

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villus

[vil′əs] pl. villi

Etymology: L, shaggy, hair

one of the many tiny projections, barely visible to the naked eye, clustered over the entire mucous surface of the small intestine. Villi are covered with epithelium that diffuses and transports fluids and nutrients. They are larger in some parts of the intestine than in others and flatten out when the intestine distends. Each villus has a core of delicate areolar and reticular connective tissue supporting the epithelium, various capillaries, and often a single lymphatic lacteal that fills with milky white chyle during the digestion of a fatty meal. villous, adj.

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villus [vil´us] (L.)

a small vascular process or protrusion, as from the free surface of a membrane.

arachnoid villi microscopic projections of the arachnoid into some of the venous sinuses.

chorionic villi see chorionic villi.

intestinal villi multitudinous threadlike projections covering the surface of the mucous membrane lining the small intestine, serving as the sites of absorption of fluids and nutrients.

synovial villi slender projections from the surface of the synovial membrane into the cavity of a joint; called also haversian glands.

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villus

pl. villi [L.] a small process or protrusion, as from the free surface of a membrane.

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arachnoid villus

microscopic projections of the arachnoid into some of the venous sinuses. Called also arachnoid granulations.

chorionic villus

threadlike projections originally occurring uniformly over the external surface of the chorion.

intestinal villus

multitudinous threadlike projections covering the surface of the mucous membrane lining the small intestine, serving as the sites of absorption of fluids and nutrients.

Organization of an intestinal villus. By permission from Guyton R, Hall JE, Textbook of Medical Physiology, Saunders, 2000

synovial villus

slender projections from the surface of the synovial membrane into the cavity of a joint; called also haversian glands.