Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and ...

It has a surface area of over 200 meters. The internal walls of the small intestine are covered in finger-like tissue called villi. Each of these villi is covered in even smaller finger-like ...

The impressive gut plasticity that permits gut and villi to be shrunk or enlarged ... "PPARα is a key protein in many metabolic functions, and it is expressed in various tissues throughout ...

Share on Pinterest Tanja Ivanova/Getty Images First discovered in 1907, Whipple’s disease damages the function of the villi in the small intestine, which are responsible for moving nutrients ...