Question : Answer question numbers (a) - (d) on the basis of your understanding of thefolllowing paragraph and the related studied concepts :The digested food is taken up by the walls of theintestine. The inner liningof the small intestinehas numerousfinger-likeprojections called villiwhich increase the surfaceareafor absorption. Thevilli are richly supplied with blood vesselswhichtake the obsorbed food to each and everycell of thebody, where it is utilisedfor obtainingenergy, building up new tissues and the repairof old tissues .(a)Which step of nutrition in man is taking place in the small intestine?(b) Whatis the roleof villi ? (c)Where does utilisation/assimilation of digested foot take place ? (d)Where else will you find villi ?

Question : Answer question numbers (a) - (d) on the basis of your unde

1.	Question : Answer question numbers (a) - (d) on the basis of your understanding of thefolllowing paragraph and the related studied concepts :The digested food is taken up by the walls of theintestine. The inner liningof the small intestinehas numerousfinger-likeprojections called villiwhich increase the surfaceareafor absorption. Thevilli are richly supplied with blood vesselswhichtake the obsorbed food to each and everycell of thebody, where it is utilisedfor obtainingenergy, building up new tissues and the repairof old tissues .(a)Which step of nutrition in man is taking place in the small intestine?(b) Whatis the roleof villi ? (c)Where does utilisation/assimilation of digested foot take place ? (d)Where else will you find villi ?
Answer» SOLUTION :(a) ABSORPTION. (b) They INCREASE the surface areaformaximum absorption of digested food. (c)In all the BODY cells. (d)Somevilli are alsopresent in large intestine.