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During digestion, the absorbed nutrients travel to the liver via a special type of vein. The vein is called the hepatic portal vein.
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Where are the majority of the nutrients absorbed?
The body absorbs the food nutrients through the digestive tracts. The walls of the small intestine take it in then will travel on the body via the bloodstream.
How are nutrients transported to the cells in humans?
Via the blood.
How do autotrophs obtain CO2 and N2 to make their food?
CO2 is absorbed via stomata while N2 is absorbed from soil in form of ammonia or nitrates etc. via root hairs .
After absorption in the small intestine fats would enter travel through the?
Lacteals (lymph capillaries) and then the larger vessels of the lymphatic system. However, contrary to some textbooks, the smaller fatty acid molecules do actually travel in blood to the liver, via the hepatic portal vein.
How do hormones leave the cell?
Most hormones reach target cells by blood . Some types of hormones reach target cells by other ways e.g. pheromones via air ; local hormones via diffusion etc .
By what routes do absorbed nutrients reach the liver?
via the hepatatic portal system (all absorbed nutrients except triglicerides)or via the lymphatic vessels to the blood vascular system and then to the liver (triglicerides)
How do nutrients get to the rest of the body from the digestive system?
Nutrients are absorbed by small intestine. They are presented to the liver for processing. Then they are sent to the rest of the body via blood.
Where are the majority of the nutrients absorbed?
The body absorbs the food nutrients through the digestive tracts. The walls of the small intestine take it in then will travel on the body via the bloodstream.
Do water soluble nutrients absorbed into capillaries then enter the portal vein which leads them to the liver?
Yes! They travel to the liver via the hepatic portal vein. The liver detoxifies and sorts them out- amino acids are deaminated and sugars are stored. The non-soluble lipids are picked up by the lymph vessels (lacteals) in the villi.
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 happens to salt in the body?
Salt is absorbed into the body via the liver.
What is the first organ to receive nutrients?
The liver receives the bulk of the water soluble nutrients.Little absorption occurs in the oral cavity, esophagus, and stomach. The small and large intestines are where most absorption takes place. The blood flows from the intestines back to the liver via the portal vein.
Substances absorbed in the intestines would be routed to the liver via the?
hepatic portal system
Do nutrients detour through the liver via the hepatic portal circulation?
Yes
What carries nutrient rich blood into the liver?
Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the organs.
How does your liver help digest your food?
Digestion occurs in the stomach and small intestine. The liver helps via metabolism of nutrients (but not by digestion).
What take in nutrients through the small intestine?
If you refer to the physical "thing", nutrients is absorbed into the blood capillaries (other than fat molecules) and lacteals (fat molecules only) in the villi, which are lining the small intestine. The nutrients absorbed into the blood is then transported via the hepatic portal vein to the liver where the liver further distribute the blood to our body. The fat absorbed into the lacteals evntually join with the lymphatic system and finally empties into a vein near the neck. If you refer to the mechanism, the "force" that helps the absorption of nutrients would be the concentration gradient between the blood in the blood capillaries and the chyle in the intestines. Also, cells in the small intestines actively transports nutrients (e.g. amino acids, glucose) using ATP.
