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Where should capillaries and lymphatic vessels be placed to absorb nutrients from food?
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What is called a tiny vessel?
The smallest vessels in the human body are capillaries. They are the blood vessels that absorb oxygen into the blood and returning blood cells that lack oxygen back into the heart and lungs to be oxidised.
Lymphatic vessels serve to absorb fat molecules from the?
Lymphatic vessels serve to absorb fat molecules from the small intestines.
What do blood capillaries absorb?
Capillaries in Villi absorb all other nutrients except fat.
What does lacteals do?
Lacteals are lymphatic vessels found in small intestinal villi. While other nutrients such as amino acids and saccharides are absorbed into the blood stream, lacteals and the lymphatic system are used to absorb fats.
What does the villi absorb nutrients from the small intestine to?
Most nutrients are absorbed directly into the blood but fats are taken into the lacteal (part of the lymphatic system)
What sorts or substances pass into the lacteal inside the villi?
Lacteals are lymphatic vessels that absorb mostly fats and other nutrients from the small intestine. It closely resembles blood plasma in composition but has a lower percentage of protein and is isotonic.
How does villi help nutrients move into the blood?
by covering alot of surface area the capillaries help absorb nutrients and transfer them into the blood
Where do the capillaries that nourish the epithelium and absorb digested nutrients lie?
lamina propriaThe capillaries that nourish the epithelium and absorb digested nutrients lie in the lamina propria. The lamina propria is a layer of connective tissue that is under the basement membrane lining a layer of epithelium.lamina propria
What can lacteal spell?
Those letters will spell lacteal, a word for the lymphatic vessels of the small intestine that absorb digested fats.
What do lacteals transport?
it helps to absorb dietary lipids into the vertebrate lymphatic systems.
What is a special lymphatic capillary in the small intestines?
The specialized lymph capillaries located in the small intestine are called lacteals. These lacteals are important in that they absorb fat.
What system is responsible for transporting essential nutrients throughout the body?
Circulatory system
