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How are the villi adapted to maximize the rate of absorption of the products of digestion?? PLEASE HELP - DUE TOMORROW

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Answer:The villi in the small intestine provide a large surface area with an extensive network of blood capillaries.This makes the villi well adapted to absorb the products of digestion by diffusion and active transport.

Each villus is covered in many microscopic microvilli

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