MEDICAL
RECTUM AND ANUS
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Question
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What do the villi do?
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Digests food in the mouth.
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Digests food in the stomach
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Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
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Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Villi that line the walls of the small intestine absorb nutrients into capillaries of the circulatory system and lacteals of the lymphatic system. Villi contain capillary beds, as well as lymphatic vessels called lacteals. Fatty acids absorbed from broken-down chyme pass into the lacteals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tiny hair-like projections that line the inside of the small intestine. They contain blood vessels and help absorb nutrients.
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