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Nutrition Science and Everyday Application - beta v 0.1

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148 ALICE CALLAHAN, PHD, HEATHER LEONARD, MED, RDN, AND TAMBERLY POWELL, MS, RDN<br />

Figure 3.12. Histology of the small intestine. (a) The absorptive surface of the small intestine is<br />

vastly enlarged by the presence of circular folds, villi, <strong>and</strong> microvilli. (b) Micrograph of the circular<br />

folds. (c) Micrograph of the villi. (d) Electron micrograph of the microvilli.<br />

Digested nutrients are absorbed into either capillaries or lymphatic vessels contained<br />

within each villus. Amino acids (from protein digestion), small fatty acids (from triglyceride<br />

digestion), sugars (from carbohydrate digestion), water-soluble vitamins, <strong>and</strong> minerals are<br />

transported from the intestinal cells into the bloodstream through capillaries. The larger<br />

fatty acids, fat-soluble vitamins, <strong>and</strong> other lipids (that are packaged in lipid transport<br />

particles) are transported first through lymphatic vessels <strong>and</strong> then eventually meet up with<br />

the blood. Water-soluble nutrients that enter the bloodstream are transported directly to<br />

the liver where the liver processes, stores, or releases these nutrients to other body cells.

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