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It increases the surface area of your gut wall (because there are millions) and make absorption of nutrients quicker.
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What is a villi job?
Villi absorb food into the blood from inside the intestines
What helps absorb food in the small intestine?
villi
What are the small bumps in the small intestines that absorb food called?
Villi
Why the villi in the small intestine are perfect for food absorbing?
to absorb water
Fingerlike projections in the intestines that absorb food?
-Villi The first answer is correct in the villi are very small finger like projections in the intestines but I would suspect the question refers to the appendix.
Where are the villi found?
the villi arr found in the small intestine and are used to absorb any nutrients from the bolus (food) into the bloodstream
Where is the energy in food stored until it is released?
When we eat food, it goes to our stomachs, then to our small intestine, then to the large intestine, in our small intestines, we have little rubbery things called villi. What those villi do is they absorb the nutrients and energy from food passing by. So the energy is stored in the food until the villi get a chance to absorb it into the bloodstream.
What fingerlike projections lining the small intestine that absorb food into the bloodstream?
Villi
What can absorb food and pass it into the blood vessels from the ileum?
Small Intestine.
What Small hair like parts absorb nutrients from the food in your intestines?
Villi
Why are there so many villi in the duodenum?
Villi cover most of the small intestine, and their job is to help the intestine absorb nutrients from food.
Does villi in the small intestine assimilate the dissolved food?
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