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What happens if the small intestine doesn't absorb the nutrients it is supposed to?
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∙ 14y ago
Possibly malnutrition and weight loss. These could be signs of ulcers or pancreatitus to cause that sort of thing.
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What part of the body absorbs nutrients?
The system in the body that absorbs nutrients is the digestive system. Within the digestive system is the small intestine. When food passes through the small intestine, villi, absorb all of the nutrients the body needs from the food. Villi are small fingerlike projections in the small intestine that increase surface area and "reach" out to the food and absorb its nutrients. So, to answer your question, villi that are in the small intestine within the digestive system absorb what nutrients our body needs.
What are villi and what role do they play in the process of absorption?
Villi are finger-like projections in the small intestine. Their role is to help the body absorb nutrients from the food. The villi are little tiny hairs inside the small intestine that absorb nutrients.
Which nutrients passes through the large intestine mostly unabsorbed?
None. The large intestine doesnt even abosrd nutrients (to any significant degree) let alone produce them. The intestine itself does not create any nutrients, but the bacteria living in it do. Bacteria can eat some wastes to create nutrients. Even though most absorption of nutrients is done in the small intestines, the large intestine absorbs the vitamins that the bacteria inside it create.
What is the name of projections on the inner surface of the small intestine?
The minute structures that project from the inner walls of the small intestine are called villi. They help in the digestion process by continuously pushing digested particles in one direction. Their function is to absorb nutrients. These villi effectively increase the surface area of the intestine so more nutrients can be absorbed.
True nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream through villi into the large intestine?
The Bronchus in the lungs provide a larger area for Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide to transfer into and out of the blood stream
What happens to the nutrients before they leave the small intestine?
The nutrients absorb
What happens to the nutrients right before they leave the small intestine?
The nutrients absorb
What are the two jobs of the small intestine?
To absorb the nutrients from the food and send it to the large intestine
What helps the small intestine?
small intestine helps absorb nutrients
How is the small intestine adapted to absorb the nutrients?
it is adapted to absorbing nutrients due to the villi present in the small intestine.
What is the role of the villi in the small intestine.?
The role of the villi in the small intestine is to absorb nutrients.
What does the small intestine do to the food that the frog eats?
Absorb nutrients.
What does the small intestine do to the food that the frogs eat?
Absorb nutrients.
What does the small intestine do to the food a frog eats?
Absorb nutrients.
What does a frogs small intestine do to the food that it eats?
Absorb nutrients.
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 are structures in the small intestine?
the tiny structures within the small intestine that absorb nutrients are called Villi
