Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Villi are tiny projections in the small intestine that help absorb nutrients and aid digestion.Damage to your villi can lead to malabsorption and health issues ...

Vanderbilt researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, have made significant strides in understanding ...

The mouth starts the digestion process by breaking food down into a more easily digestible form. It does this through a combination of mechanical and chemical digestion. After people take food in ...

The fundus is a dome-shaped part of the stomach that stores gas from digestion. It can also hold food if the stomach becomes full. The stomach is an important part of the digestive system. It stores ...

In a rare feat, Utah State University biochemists Thomson Hallmark and Ryan Jackson, along with collaborators, published not one, but two seminal papers in a top-tier, peer-reviewed journal this week.

The multiscale structure evolution of food during processing is a multifaceted phenomenon with implications ranging from product functionality and sensory attributes to nutritional outcomes and health ...