What Are Intestinal Villi?

Intestinal villi are finger-shaped protrusions that swell toward the intestinal lumen in the epithelium and lamina propria of the small intestine and have the function of absorbing nutrients.

Intestinal villi

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Intestinal villi are finger-shaped protrusions that swell toward the intestinal lumen in the epithelium and lamina propria of the small intestine and have the function of absorbing nutrients.

The epithelium and lamina propria of the small intestine swell toward the intestinal lumen, forming many finger-like protrusions called intestinal villi. It contains platelets and has the function of absorbing nutrients.

In the longitudinal folds, many finger-shaped protrusions are called intestinal villi, formed by the lamina propria and epithelium protruding to the intestinal lumen surface. Monolayer of columnar epithelial cells, striated margins, goblet cells, central chyle ducts, intestinal glands, Paneth cells, plasma cells.