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Image Description: When not distended, the gallbladder wall is thrown up into folds - not to be mistaken for villi. The thin lamina propria lies between the epithelium and muscularis. |
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| Structures | Structure Descriptions |
| muscularis | This is the only muscular layer in the gall bladder. It has no muscularis mucosa. |
| simple columnar epithelium | The gall bladder has no goblet cells. Unlike those of the small intestine, the absorptive cells here have stubby microvilli. |