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The small intestine has villi to absorb nutrients. Villi are small projections that increase the possible surface area for absorption.
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What Small hair like parts absorb nutrients from the food in your intestines?
Villi
Why villi is suited for its function?
One reason that villi are suited to their function is because they have a large surface area to absorb nutrients from food to pass through to the bloodstream.
Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream through small finger-like nodules on the wall of the?
Villi on the wall of the small intestine absorb nutrients into the bloodstream.
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 is the purpose of the villi and microville in the intestinal tract?
The function of the villi is to increase the surface area of the intestine so as to increase its capacity to absorb nutrients and liquid from food passing through it.
In what organ are the villa located and what do they do?
Villi are located in the small intestine and they absorb nutrients (from digested food) into the bloodstream.
What is the organ in the digestive system that releases nutrients into the bloodstream by the process of absorption?
The small intestine. It has villi that absorb nutrients and then transport them to the bloodstream.
What structure enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?
villi
An organ that has villi to asborb the nutrients?
Strant
Do mammals have villi?
Yes, mammals have villi. An example is the villi in the intestines of humans which help to absorb nutrients.
What is the role of the villi in the small intestine.?
The role of the villi in the small intestine is to absorb nutrients.
What are fingerlike projections that absorb nutrients called?
intestinal villi (singular: villus)
Are villi's hairlike extensions that sweep impurities out of the respiratory tract?
No. Villi help to absorb nutrients.
What do you call projections that absorb nutrients in the small intestines?
villi
What are villi and what role do they play in the process of absorption?
Villi are finger-like projections in the small intestine. Their role is to help the body absorb nutrients from the food. The villi are little tiny hairs inside the small intestine that absorb nutrients.
What adaptations do the villi in the small intestine have?
the villi have very thin walls which makes it easy for it to absorb the nutrients, and also it has microvilli on the surface of the villi which greatly increases the surface area of which nutrients can be absorbed
What do you call the hairlike structures that absorb nutrients located in the small intestine?
Villi.
