Write the function of villi?

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Write the function of villi?

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Various organs of the digestive system perform the chemical and mechanical digestion of food. The small intestine is the site for the final digestion of food into simpler substances. 

 

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Villi are fingerlike projections of the mucosa of the small intestine. They are around 0.5–1 mm long. It gives the intestinal mucosa a velvety look. 

 

 

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