Diagram Of Villi. It explains what kind of nutrients is absorbed by the blood capillary which is glucose amino acids and can also be nucleotides and by the lacteal which is fatty acids and glycerol. 1 rossett school page 10 of 26.
The main functions of the small intestine are digestion absorption of food and production of gastrointestinal hormones. Villi are found in some parts of the digestive system. Smartdraw includes 1000s of professional healthcare and anatomy chart templates that you can modify and make your own.
Ii the villi absorb the products of digestion by diffusion.
Villi is the plural of villus. They cover the entire surface of the folds. 7071 example the villi are small finger like projections about a millimeter in length that protrude from the circular folds. Villus plural villi in anatomy any of the small slender vascular projections that increase the surface area of a membraneimportant villous membranes include the placenta and the mucous membrane coating of the small intestinethe villi of the small intestine project into the intestinal cavity greatly increasing the surface area for food absorption and adding digestive secretions.