Intestinal villi

  • Liz Hirst, Medical Research Council
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Intestinal villi. Liz Hirst, Medical Research Council. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Finger-like projections called villi line the intestine provding a greatly increased surface area for the absorption of digested food.

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