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villi: see digestive system digestive system, in the animal kingdom, a group of organs functioning in digestion and assimilation of food and elimination of wastes. Virtually all animals have a digestive system. ..... Click the link for more information. . |
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| The mixed micelles are likely absorbed via phagocytosis by absorptive cells of the intestinal villi. As well as this, Jacob's villi were anchoring his developing placenta, acting as his roots in the firm soil of my womb-garden, and his body stalk--the tissue that would later become his umbilical cord--was keeping his embryonic body alive and attached to his placenta, like a floating astronaut's lifeline. It destroys the intestinal villi, allowing gastrointestinal bacteria and their toxins to enter the bloodstream ("Nicotine's Good Side: Substance curbs sepsis in mice," SN: 11/6/04, p. |
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