Intestinal villi
System
Digestive
SNOMED CT
23230007
Intestinal villi
Definition
The tiny hair-like projections that protrude from the inside of the small intestine that contain blood vessels that capture digested nutrients that are absorbed through the intestinal wall; the villi increase the absorptive surface area of the small intestine by approximately 30-fold.
Also known as enteric villi, enteric villous, enteric villus, intestinal villi, villi intestinales, villus, villus intestinalis (intestinum tenue) — per UBERON
The Intestinal villi is a part of the Digestive.