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What do you call projections that absorb nutrients in the small intestines?
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∙ 12y ago
villi
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What are the finger-like projections in the intestines?
The finger-like projections in the small intestines are called villi & they are present in the small intestine to increase the surface area of the intestinal wall. A greater surface area allows the intestines to absorb more nutrients from the digested food into the blood stream. Villi are prominent in the small intestines because this is where majority of the absorption of nutrients occur. Villi also play a small role in the digestion of food.
What is the organ that has villi to absorb the nutrients?
The small intestine has villi to absorb nutrients. Villi are small projections that increase the possible surface area for absorption.
What s the function of the small intestines?
absorb food nutrients
What is the function of my small intestines?
Your small intestines absorb the food and nutrients as well as the water you take in. You can not survive without most of it.
What Small hair like parts absorb nutrients from the food in your intestines?
Villi
What can alcohol do to the small intestine?
the small intestines can't absorb nutrients as well
Why is the small intestine good at its job?
The small intestines job is to absorb food into the bloodstream. The inner layer of the small intestine is covered in small finger-like projections called villi, these increase the surface are and therefore increase the rate of absorption.
What part of the alimentary canal absorbs nutrients?
The part of the digestive system that absorbs nutrients is the small intestines. They absorb essential nutrients from food into the blood stream.
How does the structure of the small intestine help the intestine absorb nutrients?
the villi in the small intestines.
Why does the small intestine comes first?
The small intestines come first because they absorb the nutrients of the food we eat.
What is the function of ville un the small intestines?
ville absorb all the nutrients & food in the lumen
Which structure is responsible for the absorption of nutrients from food?
Well, no structure absorbs nutrients as they just dissolve into the blood after they have been broken down into smaller soluble molecules from larger insoluble molecules by enzymes. Hope this helped (though it may not have).
