The small intestine is also super thin, just one and 1/2 to two inches around, almost the diameter of a golf ball, yet its surface is massive. If you flattened it out, it would be about the size ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that the small intestine grows in response to pregnancy in mice. This ...

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 concentration in the duodenum ...

The intestines have lots of tiny folds in them which create a large surface area for absorbing nutrients and water. In the small intestine there are also specialised structures called villi which ...

The intestines have lots of tiny folds in them which create a large surface area for absorbing nutrients and water. In the small intestine there are also specialised structures called villi which ...