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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.

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Projection on the intestinal wall are called?

villi villi


The plicae circulares and intestinal villi are found in which of the four layers of the alimentary tube wall?

The plicae circulares and intestinal villi are found in the mucosa.


How is the blood that leaves the villi different from the blood that enters them?

Villi in the intestinal tract absorb nutrients from food matter passing by them and "gives" those nutrients to the blood entering them. Therefore, blood exiting the villi have much more nutrients, vitamins, minerals, etc. than blood entering them.


The intestinal villi contain capillaries and lacteals important chemical digestion?

Is it true that intestinal villi contains capillaries and lacteals important for chemical digestion?


What are fingerlike projections that absorb nutrients called?

Fingerlike projections that absorb nutrients in the small intestine are called villi. Villi increase the surface area of the intestinal lining, allowing for better absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream.


What are the tubular glands found between the bases of the intestinal villi?

it's the intestinal crypts, or crypts of Lieberkuhn


Where are villi located and what purpose do they serve?

Villi are located in the small intestine, specifically in the lining of the intestinal walls. They increase the surface area of the intestine, allowing for better absorption of nutrients from digested food into the bloodstream.


Are finger like projections of the mucosa?

Villi. Most absorbtion occurs in the ileum btw.


What are the three types of villi?

The three types of villi are: Intestinal villi-microscopic finger like projections on the inner surface of the ileum. Chorionic villi-villi on the outermost membrane of the foetus. Arachnoid villi-villi on the arachnoid membrane of the brain.


Where glycerol is absorbed in the digestive tract?

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Are villi's hairlike extensions that sweep impurities out of the respiratory tract?

No. Villi help to absorb nutrients.


Whats the function of the intestinal vili?

The function of intestinal villi is to aid in the efficient and rapid absorption o nutrients.