Question

Crypts of Lieberkuhn occur in

• A. Pancreas and secrete pancreatic juice
• B. Small intestine and secrete digestive enzymes
• C. Stomach and secrete dilute hydrochloric acid
• D. Stomach and secrete pepsin

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Small intestine and secrete digestive enzymes

Intestinal glands are tubular glands that lie between the finger-like projections of the inner surface of the small intestine- the epithelium of the small intestine. These are also known as Crypts of Lieberkuhn and are so named after the 18th-century German anatomist Johann Nathanael Lieberkuhn. These produce the intestinal mucus that contains the digestive enzymes e.g., peptidase, sucrase, maltase, lactase and intestinal lipase.