| It is so choked by intermingling villi and their branches that its continuity is lost on gross inspection. |
| Endoscopic biopsy of the distal duodenum is still the gold standard for diagnosis, showing marked changes in the intestinal mucosa with loss of villi and crypt hyperplasia. |
| The villi in celiac patients have collapsed and fail to absorb nutrients. |
| In many people, these villi are covered or clogged by mucoid plaque making it difficult for the body to absorb the necessary nutrients properly. |
| For a chorion villi biopsy, a small piece of the future placenta is aspirated through a fine canula. |
| All details of her woodcarvings, even the villi, or small hairs on the stem of each plant, are done by hand with a knife. |
