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Life Sciences Gr.11 Lesson 28 Human Nutrition (Absorption)
Life Sciences Gr.11 Lesson 28 Human Nutrition (Absorption)
Grade 11
Lesson 28
• The lacteals unite and form larger lymphatic vessels that eventually open
into the thoracic duct.
• Thoracic duct is the main channel for lymph. From about the level of the
small of the back it runs up through the body, close in front of the backbone,
to the base of the neck, where it opens into a blood vessel.
TRANSPORT OF ABSORPED NUTRIENTS
Villus
A – columnar epithelium ✓
E – goblet cell ✓