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Small hairlike growths on the intestines that extract nutrients from food passing along the intestines.

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Q: What are villi and why are they important?
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Why villi are important?

villi ain't that important there just little things that look like fingers.


Why is villi important?

no mate


The intestinal villi contain capillaries and lacteals important chemical digestion?

Is it true that intestinal villi contains capillaries and lacteals important for chemical digestion?


What structure enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?

villi


What are the three types of villi?

The three types of villi are: Intestinal villi-microscopic finger like projections on the inner surface of the ileum. Chorionic villi-villi on the outermost membrane of the foetus. Arachnoid villi-villi on the arachnoid membrane of the brain.


What is a easy definition for micro villi?

A micro villi is a micro villi


Are finger like projections of the mucosa?

Villi. Most absorbtion occurs in the ileum btw.


How do you make villi plural?

Villi is plural. One is Villus, many are Villi.


What drains cerebrospinal fluid in to venous blood in the dural sinus?

The Cerebrospinal Fluid is absorbed into the venous blood in the dural sinuses through the arachnoid villi. Arachnoid villi connect the subarachnoid space to the superior sagittal sinus.


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.


How do the finger like structures relate to the function of the small intestine?

If you mean the hairs on the cells they are villi and micro-villi


What are the tiny fingerlike projections inside the small intestine called?

The finger like projections that line the small intestine are called, Villi.