Absorption

Question 1

What is absorption

Answer 1

Refers to the movement of nutrients, water and electrolytes from the lumen of small intestine into the cell then into the blood

Question 2

What is assimilation

Answer 2

The movement of digested roof molecules into the cells of the body where they are used

Question 3

What is the villi

Answer 3

Finger like projections which increase the surface area of the small intestine to enable efficient absorption

Question 4

What is the lacteal

Answer 4

Lymphatic capillaries that absorb dietary facts in the villi of the small intestine

Question 5

Absorption happens using which two processes which ones?

Answer 5

• diffusion transports nutrients. (Sugars and amino acids) into capillaries
  -diffuse fatty acids and glycerol into the lacteal