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The villi of the small intestine have a large surface area of about _____ square feet.
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To increase the efficiency of nutrient absorption, the mucosa and submucosa of the small intestine have several unique features including circular folds, villi, and microvilli. These features increase the absorptive surface area of the small intestine more than 600-fold.
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2700
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The absorptive surface area of the small intestine is actually about 250 square meters (almost 2,700 square feet
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