Peyer's patch

Peyer's patch
Cross section of ileum with a Peyer's patch circled
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Identifiers
Latinnoduli lymphoidei aggregati
MeSHD010581
TA98A05.6.01.014
A05.7.02.009
TA22960, 2978
THH3.04.03.0.00020
FMA15054
Anatomical terminology

Peyer's patches or aggregated lymphoid nodules are organized lymphoid follicles, named after the 17th-century Swiss anatomist Johann Conrad Peyer. They are an important part of gut associated lymphoid tissue usually found in humans in the lowest portion of the small intestine, mainly in the distal jejunum and the ileum, but also could be detected in the duodenum.