Absorbing surface of the small intestine is increased, Biology

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State three ways in which the absorbing surface of the small intestine is increased.

 

The absorbing surface of the small intestine is increased by:-

(a) being very long,

(b) having internal folds,

(c) having villi,

(d) micro-villi on the epithelial cells.

 


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