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What finger like folds help the small intestine have a greater surface area?
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Why does the cell from the inner lining of the intestine has the folded mebrance?
The inner lining of the intestine has folds in it so as to increase the surface are. This greater aids in the absorption of nutrients from the gut. The larger the surface area, the greater the rate of absorption.
What is a lining if the small intestine?
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
What are projections that cover the folds of the small intestines are called?
rugae It's not rugae - for stomach. Small intestine wall is plicae circulares.
WHAT ARE TINY FINGERLIKE PROJECTIONS THAT COVER THE FOLDS OF UR SMALL INTESTINE?
The villi are the tiny finger-like projections that cover the folds of the small intestine. The singular of villi is villus.
Which of these forms large surface area of the small intestine?
folds and villi
The folds of the inner sac provide what?
Folds increase surface area and therefore a greater surface area for gas exchange
What is the double-layered folds of peritoneum that support portions of the small intestine?
The Greater Omentum
How thousands of folds and sub-folds in the small intestine help in digestion?
It increases the surface area available for absorption of digestion nutrients.
What increases the surface área of the small intestine?
The surface is made up of many small wrinkled folds which increases the surface area.
What structure in the small intestine increases its surface area?
Villi (might be mispelled). They're kind of like microscopic hairs that help absorb nutrients in the small intestine leading to a greater surface area.
How do circular folds increase the surface area for digestion and absorption in the intestine?
Folds increase the surface area to volume ratio.Imagine a circle with folds all around the edge and another circle the same size with a flat edge. Both circles have the same volume, but the one with the folds has a much larger surface area.
What forms the large surface area of the small intetestine?
Many folds and tiny microvilli line the small intestine. The microvilli are like tiny fingers and these help increase the surface area.
