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Villi belong primarily to the small intestine of the gut.

It is here that most of the food needs to be absorbed into the body proper for use by it. However, absorption best occurs across a very large surface area where food molecules are in direct contact with the walls of the lining through which they must pass for the body's use.

Villi are countless long projections of the intestinal wall [somewhat like thick hairs, but made of body tissue itself] projecting into the intestine itself that effectively create a surface area of the intestinal wall that is many times greater than it would otherwise be if the wall was sheer and the projecting villi did not exist.

In this way, nutrients find their way far more efficiently into the body proper for use.


The (small) intestines
the small intestine
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