How is the small intestine best suited for the digestion and absorption of food
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The small intestines are well adapted for absorbing nutrients during digestion by: being very long, having villi and microvilli that increase surface area, using muscular contractions to move and mix food, and receiving and housing digestive enzymes and bile that help the breakdown of food.
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The small interstine is best suited for the digestion and absorption of food as :-
1.It is very long(about 6 m)
2.Its lining is thick to allow rapid diffusion of substances.
3.Its inner wall has numerous finger like projections called VILLI.these increase the surface of the interstine to about 5 times for the absorption of digested food.
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