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Absorption OF Digested Food
Absorption OF Digested Food
ABSORPTION
Is the process when the end products of digestion enters the bloodstream through the Small intestinal wall
Villi.
A Villus
A villus.
ABSORPTION
Vitamins, minerals, glucose amino acid Enter the capillaries
ABSORPTION
Fatty acids
glycerol
Enter the lacteal (part of the lymphatic system)
ABSORPTION
The products are used in Respiration and assimilation
assimilation
Is the process where digested food molecules are changed into complex and useful molecules Example: amino acids are used to build proteins like protoplasm and enzymes.
absorption
The efficiency of absorption can be increased by: --more villi to increase surface area --villus with very thin walls, as thin as one cell