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 AllRefer.com - villi (Anatomy And Physiology) - Encyclopedia
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 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Celiac disease - sprue
As a result, several other organ systems may also be affected.
The lining of the small intestine is damaged in response to ingestion of gluten and other proteins found in wheat, barley, rye, possibly oats, and their derivatives.
In undiagnosed or untreated celiac disease, these villi become flattened and the ability to absorb nutrients properly is altered.
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 digestive system - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about digestive system
The digested food is absorbed into the circulatory and lymphatic systems through small fingerlike projections of the intestinal wall, called villi.
Like the pancreatic juices, intestinal juices contain enzymes that continue the digestion of proteins and fats and also contain three enzymes that break down disaccharides into glucose, galactose, and fructose (simple sugars).
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 Holistic Health Encyclopedia - S
The villi and microvilli increase the surface area of the small intestinal wall exposed to the chyme by 60,000%, making the small intestine extremely efficient in absorption of nutrients.
In the duodenum, in response to the hormone secretin, to neural signals from the vagus nerve, and to the presence of food in the small intestine, Brunner’s glands secrete mucus to protect the duodenal wall from acidic digestive juices.
Epithelial cells secrete a half gallon daily of a neutral fluid which mixes with the chyme (a mixture of food and acidic secretions from the stomach) to aid in electrolyte and vitamin absorption through the villi of the small intestine.
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 Encyclopedia: Le villi
The original one act version was first performed at the Teatro dal Verne in Milan on May 31, 1884.
Le villi (The Willis) is an opera composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the short story Les Willis by Alphonse Karr.
Updated 159 days 18 hours 34 minutes ago.
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 Chorionic villi - definition of Chorionic villi in Encyclopedia
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