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Small intestine is to nutrient absorption as blood is to nutrient?
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The small intestine is to nutrient absorption as the blood is to nutrient distribution.
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The small intestine is to nutrient absorption as the blood is to nutrient?
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When does most nutrient absorption occur?
Most absorption of nutrients occurs in the small intestine. And as far as digestion itself, it would be after the food particles are small enough to diffuse through the blood capillaries.
What two digestive processes occur in the small intestine?
The two processes that occur are digestion and absorption. Digestion is the process by which your body breaks down food into small nutrient chemicals. While absorption is the process in which when the small nutrient molecules go through a wall of the digestive system and into the blood.
What Process in which food molecules pass from the small intestine to the blood?
Absorption is the process
What is pranceas?
I think you mean pancrease. It is part of the endocrine system. It secretes insulin and other hormones into the blood. It also aids in digestion by excreting fluid into the small intestine that aids in nutrient absorption.
Do Nutrient molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood stream through the villi?
Yes.
Where in the digestive system does most of the absorption of nutrients into the blood stream occur?
small intestine
Advantage of having a long small intestine?
There will be more absorption of nutrients
What nephron structures are involved with absorption?
The small and large intestines. The small intestine contains blood capillaries and lymph vessels.
What allows food particles to pass form the intestine to the circulatory system called?
Absorption is the process that allows food to move from the small intestine to the blood stream. Absorption is critical because it allows the nutrients to be used by cells throughout the body.
What organ is responsible for food and water absorption?
The villi in the small intestine assimilated dissolved food. Villi increase the internal surface area of the intestinal walls, allowing for a larger area of absorption.
Where in the digestive system are soluble substances absorbed into the blood stream?
Most absorption happens in the small intestine.
