Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is ...

The 3D scalable 'gut-on-a-chip' model enables real-time visualisation of the interactions of gut microbes and the human ...

Inability to absorb nutrients can lead to symptoms such as diarrhea and weight loss, but symptoms can also be very subtle.

These nutrients are taken into the bloodstream, via millions of tiny, fingerlike projections called villi, and transported to the liver. What's left in the digestive tract passes into the large ...

The epithelial lining of our intestine is organized in a crypt-villi architecture and serves many essential functions including maintenance of barrier, digestion and nutrient absorption. Due to the ...

In the small intestine there are also specialised structures called villi which have a tiny hair-like structure poking into the small intestine to absorb digested food. If we stretched out all the ...

In the small intestine there are also specialised structures called villi which have a tiny hair-like structure poking into the small intestine to absorb digested food. If we stretched out all the ...