For example, while the median pay for RNs in California is $46.38/hour, or about $96,470/year, RNs in the modest 51,000-resident city of Watsonville, CA, typically make more than $65/hour, or about $136,570 per year.
Best Answer: The small intestine incorporates three features which account for its huge absorptive surface area: 1.Mucosal folds: the inner surface of the small intestine is not flat, but thrown into circular folds, which not only increase surface area, but aid in mixing the ingesta by acting as baffles. 2.Villi: the mucosa forms multitudes of projections which protrude into the lumen and are covered with epithelial cells.
Most of the nutrients from ingested food are absorbed within the first third of the small intestine. To enable this miracle of absorption, the walls of the small intestine (the gut wall) are covered with millions of finger-like extensions called villi.