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Lumen can be found in:  
Lumen can be found in:  


*[[Intestine|intestine]]
*[[Intestine|intestine]]  
*[[Intestine|Intestine]][[Blood|blood ]][[Blood vessels|vessels ]]
*Intestine [[Blood_vessels|blood vessels]]


=== Reference  ===
=== Reference  ===


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Revision as of 21:20, 21 October 2012

Lumen comes from Latin word "lumin" what means window. Term "lumen" is used to describe an internal space which is surrounded by a layer of tissue or membrane and resembles a tube in a structure [1]

Lumen can be found in:

Reference

  1. Silverthorn, D. U. (1998) Human physiology: an integrated approach. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Page 2,44.