VILLI WORK SHEET Name ________________________________________ period ___

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CAPILLARIES VILLUS TISSUE CELLS CHYME VILLI
COLON FECES ABSORPTION SMALL INTESTINE
1. _______________________ are millions of fingerlike projections, which remove nutrients from chyme.
2. The bottom picture shows one _______________________.
3. ___________________ ___________ are what make up the exterior wall (skin) of the villi.
4. ______________________ are the tiny blood vessels, which carry away nutrients from the chyme.
5. In the small intestine, the space around each villus is filled with _____________________. This material is full of
nutrients.
6. Nutrients pass from the chyme pass through the wall of the villi, through the capillary wall, and into the
bloodstream. This process is called ________________________.
7. In the large intestine (colon) the space around each villus is filled with _________________. This material has no
more nutrients within it.
8. Excess water passes from the feces. through the wall of the villi, through the capillary wall, and into the
bloodstream. This process is called ________________________.
9. These villi are found in two organs called the _________________ ________________ and the _____________
___________________.

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11.

12.

13.

14. red ________________

15. blue _______________
16. connecting between them
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VILLI WORK SHEET ANSWERS Name _____________________________________ Period ___

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CAPILLARIES FECES ABSORPTION
COLON TISSUE CELLS VILLI
VILLUS CHYME SMALL INTESTINE

1. _____VILLI____ are millions of fingerlike projections, which remove nutrients from chyme.
2. The bottom picture shows one _______VILLUS______.
3. TISSUE CELLS are what make up the exterior wall (skin) of the villi.
4. ___CAPILLARIES____ are the tiny blood vessels, which carry away nutrients from the chyme.
5. In the small intestine, the space around each villus is filled with _____CHYME____. This material is full of
nutrients.
6. Nutrients pass from the chyme pass through the wall of the villi, through the capillary wall, and into the
bloodstream. This process is called ____ABSORPTION____.
7. In the large intestine (colon) the space around each villus is filled with ___FECES___. This material has no
more nutrients within it.
8. Excess water passes from the feces. through the wall of the villi, through the capillary wall, and into the
bloodstream. This process is called ____ABSORPTION___.
9. These villi are found in two organs called the SMALL INTESTINE and the COLON

10. SMALL INTESTINE

11. VILLI

12. VILLUS

13. CELL

14. red ARTERY

15. blue VEIN
16. connecting between them CAPILLARY