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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 structure enables the small intestine to absorb large amounts of nutrients?
villi
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.
What Small hair like parts absorb nutrients from the food in your intestines?
Villi
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
