Sentences with phrase «increases the surface area available»

«They tend to settle onto the cells representing the gastrointestinal tract and cause remodeling or loss of the microvilli, which are tiny projections on the surface of the intestinal absorptive cells that help to increase the surface area available for absorption,» said Mahler.

Villi increase the surface area available for absorbing nutrients.

Having these tiny fingers greatly increases the surface area available for the absorption of fluid and nutrients.

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Using a commercially available thermally activated shape - memory polymer substrate, this 3D texturing, or «crumpling,» allows for increased surface area and opens the doors to expanded capabilities for electronics and biomaterials.

In 2002, the Larsen B ice shelf collapsed; in 2003, the World Glacial Monitoring Service reported that «The recent increase in the rates of ice loss over reduced glacier surface areas as compared with earlier losses related to larger surface areas (cf. the thorough revision of available data by Dyurgerov, 2002) becomes even more pronounced and leaves no doubt about the accelerating change in climatic conditions.»