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It increases the surface area of the inside of the intestine, this allows for more area where nutrients can be absorbed.
Tiny, finger-like projections that enable the small intestine to absorb nutrients from food.
The finger like projections that line the small intestine are called, Villi.
Villi or singularly villus.
Ingested food is diffused mainly in the small and large intestine. The small intestine is the big player which has fields of finger-like projections called villi which are composed of cells and on each of those cells they have microvilli which are protrusions of cell membrane. This increases the surface area tremendously to increase the amount of nutrients diffused.
It increases the surface area of the inside of the intestine, this allows for more area where nutrients can be absorbed.
Villi.
Villi or microvilli
Microvilli are finger-like projections that increase the surface area in the small intestine.
finger like projections in small intestine are called villi to increase surface area for absorption of food in small intestine.
They are villi.
the lining of the small intestine has folds, and are covered with finger-like projections called villi, which are covered with thousands of micro-villi
the cell lining of the small intestine is called villi and are small, finger-like projections that are used to increase surface area.
Tiny, finger-like projections that enable the small intestine to absorb nutrients from food.
The finger like projections that line the small intestine are called, Villi.
Those tiny finger-like projections in the lining of the small intestine are called "Villi" (VILL-eye). They look like velvet and their purpose is to provide much, much more surface area to absorb nutrients than a smooth lining would.
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