intestinal villi

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intestinal villi [in′tes·tən·əl ′vil‚ī]

(anatomy)

Fingerlike projections of the small intestine, composed of a core of vascular tissue covered by epithelium and containing smooth muscle cells and an efferent lacteal end capillary.

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