The small intestine, especially the duodenum, absorbs digested food. Nutrients like amino acids, monosaccharides, water soluble vitamins, and fatty acids pass through the villi walls into blood vessels. The villi greatly increase the surface area for absorption. They are finger-like projections covered with microvilli that further increase surface area. This thin, highly vascularized structure efficiently absorbs nutrients into blood and lymphatic vessels for transport to the rest of the body.
The small intestine, especially the duodenum, absorbs digested food. Nutrients like amino acids, monosaccharides, water soluble vitamins, and fatty acids pass through the villi walls into blood vessels. The villi greatly increase the surface area for absorption. They are finger-like projections covered with microvilli that further increase surface area. This thin, highly vascularized structure efficiently absorbs nutrients into blood and lymphatic vessels for transport to the rest of the body.
The small intestine, especially the duodenum, absorbs digested food. Nutrients like amino acids, monosaccharides, water soluble vitamins, and fatty acids pass through the villi walls into blood vessels. The villi greatly increase the surface area for absorption. They are finger-like projections covered with microvilli that further increase surface area. This thin, highly vascularized structure efficiently absorbs nutrients into blood and lymphatic vessels for transport to the rest of the body.
1. The digested food is absorbed in the small intestine, esp. the ___________. All the _______________ products such as _______________, _________ sugars (glucose, fructose, galactose) and water soluble ___________ (B and C) pass through the wall of villi into the ______________________ to be taken to other parts of the body. - Initially, absorption involves ______________. Subsequently, the transport of the remaining nutrients across the epithelial layer involve ___________________ in which _________ is used to transport substances _________ their concentration _____________. 2. All ________________ products of digestion (fatty acids and __________) and fat soluble _____________ (A,D,E,K) pass through the _______ of the villi into the _____________, and then are transported away by the larger _________ vessels through the lymphatic _________ before being sent back to the ______. 3. ________ and ___________ mineral salts are absorbed by the _________. 4. ______________ and _________________ matter is stored ____________ in the ___________ before being discharged as ____________ through the _______ in a process called _______________ or _________________.
Adaptation of Ileum for Absorption of Digested Food
1. Having large __________ _______ for absorption. - small intestine is very long, about _______ (longest section of alimentary canal) and it is greatly _________ ___________________ to fit in the abdominal cavity. - the intestinal ____________ is also greatly __________. - the intestinal lining is also covered entirely with numerous, tiny ________-like projections called _______ ( _____________ - singular) projecting into the intestinal ___________ (lumen). - the __________________ layer of each villus, in turn, has numerous __________ - each about _________ long . - the total area exposed to the lumen of the small intestine has been estimated to be about _______________. - each villus is only about __________ long and less than ____________ thick. 2. The ______________ lining of the villus is only _____ cell thick. - this is to reduce ______________ enable easy and quick ____________ of digested food products from the lumen into the ______________________ and ____________. 3. Each villus has a network of blood ___________________. - they serve to absorb ________________ products of digestion (for e.g. _________ and ________________) and water soluble ____________ (for e.g. ___ and __).
4. Each villus also has a ___________ (________________ capillary).
- they serve to absorb __________________ products of digestion (for e.g. _____ acids and ______________) and fat soluble ____________ (for e.g. __, __, __ and __).