How is the small intestine designed to absorb food


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How is small intestine designed to absorb digested food

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ANSWER:

Small intestine in human body has numerous villi which looks as tiny projections that helps to absorbs the digested food.

EXPLANATION:

The cells present in small intestine has numerous villi that tends to extend the surface area of absorption by means of muscular contraction that moves and mixes the food.

The villi are being supplied with the blood vessels in abundance. As a result these blood vessels takes the food absorbed by villi to every cells of the body.


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