Structure of the Small Intestine : āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻ āύ : Biology (Human Digestive System) : āĻā§ā§ąāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύ (āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻĒāĻžāĻāύāϤāύā§āϤā§ā§°)
• Duodenum (āĻĄā§āĻāĻĄā§āύāĻžāĻŽ) – āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āĻāĻļāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāϞā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻšāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϤ āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ ā§°āϏ āĻŽāĻŋāĻšāϞāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
• Jejunum (āĻā§āĻā§āύāĻžāĻŽ) – āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āĻ āĻāĻļ, āϝ’āϤ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
• Ileum (āĻāĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ) – āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻļā§āώ āĻ āĻāĻļ, āϝāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻšāĻĻāĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
• Circular Folds (āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤāĻžāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ) – āĻ āύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰⧰ āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻš, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
• Villi (āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻ) – āϏ⧰⧠āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āύ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
• Blood Vessels (ā§°āĻā§āϤāύāĻžāϞā§) – āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻāĻž ā§°āĻā§āϤāύāĻžāϞā§āϏāĻŽā§āĻš, āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ ā§°āĻā§āϤāϞ⧠āϞ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
• Connection to Large Intestine – āĻāĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻšāĻĻāĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ :
āĻŦā§āĻšāĻĻāĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ – āĻāĻāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻšāĻĻāĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Functions of Small Intestine : āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
• Completes most digestion of food. : āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
• Absorbs nutrients into the blood. : āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ ā§°āĻā§āϤāϤ āĻļā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
• Villi increase surface area for absorption. : āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
• Receives bile and pancreatic juice. : āĻ āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ ā§°āϏ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Key Point: The small intestine is the main site for digestion and absorption of nutrients in the human body.
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