Sentences with phrase «called microvilli»

Now we have little finger - like projections called microvilli in our small intestine.

One of the sponge's cell types is the distinctively shaped choanocyte, a cell equipped with a tiny long filament, called a flagellum, surrounded by a collar studded with even tinier hairs called microvilli.

The protrusions, which biologists call microvilli, increase the surface area of cells and have a role in absorbing nutrients, for instance.

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It basically said that quinoa has soap - like molecules called saponins which «punch holes in the membranes of the microvilli cells.»

True gluten allergy is called Coeliac Disease (CD) and is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the intestinal wall and flattening of the microvilli.

Mammals have faster rates of digestion than more primitive animals do thanks to small, finger - like projections called «microvilli» that increase the surface area of the intestines by about seven-fold.