Q.Which of the following is not true regarding intestinal villi?
a. They possess microvilli.
b. They increase the surface area.
c. They are supplied with capillaries and the lacteal vessels.
d. They only participate in digestion of fats.

Step 1. Check (a): villi do possess microvilli on their epithelial cells (the brush border), so this statement is true.

Step 2. Check (b): villi do increase the intestinal surface area enormously, so this statement is true.

Step 3. Check (c): villi are indeed supplied with both blood capillaries and a central lacteal vessel, so this statement is true. …

Check each statement about villi structure and function against the chapter's description, watching for the absolute w …

• Overlooking the word 'only' in option (d), which makes an otherwise partly-true statement false. …