Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Villi are tiny, hair-like projections and tissues composed of the cells lining your ...

These villi and microvilli increase the surface area available for the absorption of nutrients. In the small intestine food that has already been broken down by chewing and stomach enzymes is ...

villi — tiny, finger-like projections that line the inner wall of the intestine microvilli — even smaller, hair-like projections on the villi Large intestine ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(23):2241-2247. Surface area for drug absorption The villi and microvilli responsible for the vast absorptive surface in the small intestine are of highest ...

Villi and microvilli give the small intestine a much greater surface area than the large intestine. Thus, bypassing of the duodenum and jejenum represents a large loss of surface area for absorption.

The microvilli give the inside of the intestine the look and feel of velvet. Each microvillus contains a minute blood capillary. When nutrients are absorbed into a microvillus, ...

The internal walls of the small intestine are covered in finger-like tissue called villi. Each of these villi is covered in even smaller finger-like structures called microvilli.