Crossword clues for villus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Villus \Vil"lus\, n.; pl. Villi. [L., shaggy hair, a tuft of hair.]
(Anat.) One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.
pl. (Bot.) Fine hairs on plants, resembling the pile of velvet.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"long, slender hair," 1704, plural villi, from modern use of Latin villus "tuft of hair, shaggy hair, wool, fleece" (see velvet).
Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) a small projection from a mucous membrane, particularly those found in the intestines
WordNet
n. a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane
[also: villi (pl)]
Wikipedia
Villus ( Latin: "shaggy hair", plural villi) may refer to:
- Intestinal villus, Intestinal villus refers to any one of the small, finger-shaped outgrowths of the epithelial lining of the wall of the intestine. Clusters of projections are referred as Intestinal villi.
- Chorionic villi, found on the surface of the outermost membrane (the chorion) of the fetus
- Arachnoid villi, located on the arachnoid membrane of the brain
Usage examples of "villus".
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There is a resultant active circulation of the fluid from the chorioid plexuses, where it leaks out of the blood, through the ventricles, out into the sub-arachnoid space, and through the arachnoid villi, where it is absorbed back into the blood.
The pancreatic fluid makes an emulsion of the fat contained in our food, but just how the fatty particles get into the villi we must leave Brucke and Kolliker to settle if they can.
The fragile placenta must be chemically and hormonally persuaded to release from the blood-vessel-enriched uterus, without damaging too many of its multitude of tiny villi, then floated free from the uterine wall in a running bath of highly oxygenated nutrient solution.
In the alimentary canal are certain pointed eminences called villi, and certain ridges called valvuloe conniventes.
A section of the Ileum, turned inside out, so as to show the appearance and arrangement of the villi on an extended surface.
The villi are structures especially adapted to the work of absorption, and they are found only in the small intestine.
The villus crew alarniingly as it absorbed the energy generated by the explosion.
In the center of the villus is another vessel, with thinner and more transparent walls, which is the commencement of a lacteal.
There is a resultant active circulation of the fluid from the chorioid plexuses, where it leaks out of the blood, through the ventricles, out into the sub-arachnoid space, and through the arachnoid villi, where it is absorbed back into the blood.
In the arachnoid membrane are small areas called arachnoid villi (vil'eye.