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villi reading_words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to soak up a liquid, gas or chemical | absorb (verb) |
| inner covering of a coat or tube | lining |
| flat surface that forms the tubes of the small intestine | walls of the intestine |
| large organic molecules whose building blocks are simple sugars (glucose) | carbohydrates |
| large organic molecules whose building blocks are amino acids | proteins |
| tiniest blood vessels in the body; they connect veins to arteries | capillaries |
| something that sticks out beyond to what it is attached; my nose is a projection from my face | projection |
| the process of breaking down nutrients in the body | digestion |
| measurement of the area of all the outer surfaces of an object | surface area |