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The lumen of the small intestine is lined with microvilli, which are small hair-like tentacles that protrude from the lumenal surface. When nutrients get "trapped" in these microvilli while passing through the small intestine, they diffuse into the blood stream through various transporter mechanisms and elements. This is one of the reasons why your small intestine is so long, so that all the nutrients can be absorbed before passing into the large intestine where most of the water gets resorbed to produce fecal matter.
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What can alcohol do to the small intestine?
the small intestines can't absorb nutrients as well
What is the process that takes digested food through the small intestine wall?
Absorption is the process that takes nutrients through the small intestine wall. These nutrients then enter the circulatory system, which carries the nutrients to all body cells.
How does nutrients enter your blood stream?
through cells in the villi of the small intestine
What are all over the outside of the small intestine to absorb nutrients and deliver them to cells of the body?
pancreas
Which structure is responsible for the absortion of nutrients from food?
The small intestine- micro-villi specifically in the small intestine. The micro-villi increases the surface area of the small intestine. which allows more food particles to enter the cells of the small intestine to digest.
Were does blood go to get nutrients?
the nutrients enter the blood in the small intestine. The lining of the small intestine is called the villi, that is were the blood is absorbed into the bloodstream
What part of the alimentary canal absorbs nutrients?
The part of the digestive system that absorbs nutrients is the small intestines. They absorb essential nutrients from food into the blood stream.
What organ where nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream?
Nutrients are absorbed throughout the digestive process. Specific nutrients are absorbed in the stomach and large intestines, but the majority of nutrients are absorbed in the small intestines.
What could you infer about the body's ability to supply nutrients to its cells if the small intestine did not have villi?
I have noo idea
What takes in nutrients to the small intestine?
a little hippo named Frederick absorbs all the nutrients and goes to the small intestine and spits it all out into the small intestine
What takes in the nutrients in the small intestine?
a little hippo named Frederick absorbs all the nutrients and goes to the small intestine and spits it all out into the small intestine
What is removed from the food in the small intestine?
Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine.
