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In the intestinal wall, the villi (with micro-villi on them) are used to increase the surface area (just like the inside of your lungs do). This means that in the relatively small space, a lot of the nutrients in the food you eat can be absorbed by them and then diffused into the blood stream.
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What part of your body is villi located?
Villi is located on the inner walls of the small intestine?
Does villi get rid of wastes in the body?
No, villi are for absorbing nutrients in the small intestines- they uptake minerals & vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates that the body needs. Waste is removed by defaecating and urinating.
Where in the body is food absorbed through the villi?
Yes, absorption in the small intestine occurs through the villi.
What would a villi job be?
a villi is a finger-like organ normally found in the intestine which have ripples. the ripples on the villi that held the nutrition from the foods we eat and disaperse them troughout the body a little at a time.
What is the inner wall of the villi line?
The small intestine is lined with microscopic fingerlike strutcures called villi which increase the surface area of the small intestine fo absorption. The spaces between villi are like a sieve that absorb the food particles into the bloodstream. There are three types of villi. Intestinal Villi which lines the intestines, Chorionic Villi which is on the outer most membrane of a fetus and Arachnoid Villi which is on the arachnoid membrane of the brain.
What part of the human body acts a the visking tubing?
capillaries in the villi
What does villi do in the human body?
Villi lines the small intestine. They are what absorb nutrients into the body from the food that's eaten and passes through the digestive system.
What are the walls of the small intestine covered with?
The lining is plicae circulares, and the raised finger-like parts of the lining are called villi. Villi's adsorb carbohydrates through their membranes and capillaries within carry the nutrients off to the rest of your body.
What are the two parts of the small intestine where nutrients are absorbed?
the villi and the body tissues
What is the role of capillaries in villi?
Capillary in the villi are used to absorb the digested food and transport the food the the destination cell.
Where in your body are the villi?
Villi are found in the small intestine. They are small finger like growths coming out from the sides of your intestine which slow down food to absorb the most nutrients possible.
What would happen to our body's absorption rate of the intestines if villi had no microvilli?
it goes down
