The mucosa of the small intestine is lined by a simple columnar epithelium which consists primarily of absorptive cells (enterocytes), with scattered goblet cells and occasional enteroendocrine cells.In crypts, the epithelium also includes Paneth cells and stem cells.he mucosa of the small intestine is characterized by evagination into plicae and villi, which increase the surface area for nutrient absorption, and by short tubular invaginations, the crypts, which provide a protected site for stem cells.
The following are sites where you can give a subcutaneous injection: 1  Abdomen: Uncover your abdomen. 2  Thigh: Uncover the entire leg. 3  Lower back: Uncover the back from the waist to the top of the buttocks.  Upper Arm: Uncover the arm to the shoulder.
Insite is the first legal supervised drug injection site in North America, located at 139 East Hastings Street, in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. The DTES had 4700 chronic drug users in 2000 and has been considered to be the centre of an injection drug epidemic.