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 ...

The team observed that the intestinal villi reorganize during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and significantly enlarge, doubling their surface area ... enlargement of the small intestine during ...

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 ...

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 ...