Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine.

These bumps are called villi, and they play an important role in absorbing nutrients into your bloodstream to keep you healthy. You may think of the small intestine as a smooth tube that winds its way ...

the small intestine is where the major digestion and absorption of nutrients take place. These nutrients are taken into the bloodstream, via millions of tiny, fingerlike projections called villi ...

Inside the small intestine, the villi (protrusions that absorb nutrients) and crypts (where the cells supplying the villi are produced) became longer and deeper at the same time as the gut ...

Anatomy textbooks have traditionally described villi in a healthy human small intestine as straight, finger-like protrusions. While compiling their atlas, however, the researchers identified villi ...

the small intestine undergoes several invaginations, where the small bowel becomes ensheathed. The result is formation of multiple villi and microvilli. Intestinal villi, with their branching ...

every time you look at different parts of the anatomy, and you understand. It is always fascinating. DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN:What you couldn't see is that inside the small intestine are tiny villi ...

Inside the small intestine, the villi (protrusions that absorb nutrients) and crypts (where the cells supplying the villi are produced) became longer and deeper at the same time as the gut ...