Furthermore, it’s covered with weird, tentacle-like microscopic structures called villi. Then each villus itself is covered with tentacly microvilli. Villi and microvilli are evolutionary ...

Each of these villi is covered in even smaller finger-like structures called microvilli. These villi and microvilli increase the surface area available for the absorption of nutrients. In the ...

Each villus (individual villi) also has tiny microvilli, which are even smaller projections that also aid digestion. Tiny depressions called "crypts" separate the villi. This is where enterocytes ...

To absorb enough calories, the intestinal wall is layered with millions of convolutions called villi and microvilli that together could cover the surface of a football field. “A few years ago ...

little fingerlike extensions that maximize the surface area available for nutrient absorption (your own gut is covered in a similar velvety lining of villi and microvilli). That implies their gut ...

The result is formation of multiple villi and microvilli. Intestinal villi, with their branching projections and folds, increase the surface area for absorption tremendously. With a combination of ...

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 ...

Each of these villi is covered in even smaller finger-like structures called microvilli. These villi and microvilli increase the surface area available for the absorption of nutrients. In the ...