Question

The small intestine is provided with numerous fingers like projections. What are these projections called? What are their functions?​

Answer 1

Answer :-

The small intestine is provided with numerous fingers like projections called villi. Their functions:-

• increase the surface area within the small intestine. 
• absorb nutrients from the liquid mixture called chyme.
• absorb the vast majority of small soluble food molecules produced by digestion.