| 1. | Lacteals are small lymph vessels, and are present in villi.
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| 2. | It falls to 30 mmHg in the capillaries in the villi.
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| 3. | Branches of the umbilical arteries carry embryonic blood to the villi.
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| 4. | The chorionic villi comprise the majority of the functional placenta.
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| 5. | Lactase is present predominantly along the brush border villi of the small intestine.
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| 6. | To protect the villi and intestinal surface, the gut produces protecting mucus.
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| 7. | The infective larvae penetrate the villi and continue to develop in the small intestine.
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| 8. | The levels increase in pregnancy, lactation, and diabetes as the villi hypertrophy.
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| 9. | Eventually, the syncytiotrophoblasts come into contact with maternal blood and form chorionic villi.
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| 10. | Absorptive cells of various differentiation were mixed with the stem cells within the villi.
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