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it depends on the nutrients and their size. some nutrients absorb via diffusion, others is facilitated diffusion (needs a carrier protein and no energy), and others are via active transport (needs energy and a protein channel).

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Absorption of nutrients by intestinal cell occurs by all of the following mechanisms including active transport via the sodium pump, diffusion, and osmosis.

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Simple diffusion, Facilitated diffusion, Active Transport and Pinocytosis

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There are finger-like projections on the walls of the small intestine help to absorb the digested food into the blood

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In which intestine are final nutrients absorbed?

In the small intestine, indeed this is where the vast majority of the nutrients are absorbed.


Where do the nutrients from food get absorbed into the blood stream?

nutrients are absorbed in the digestive system


What intestine absorbed nutrients into bloodstream?

the small intestine


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 is the organ where nutrients is absorbed?

The organ where nutrients are absorbed is Small intestine


Where is water and min the blooderals from food absorbed into?

Nutrients are absorbed by the small intestine. water in absorbed into the large intestine.


Where are nutrients absorbed into the blood?

The small intestine is where nutrients get into the blood.


Which organs allow nutients to be absorbed?

A small number of nutrients are absorbed in the stomach and large intestine but almost all are absorbed in the small intestine.


How are the nutrients absorbed into the small intestine?

food


What is removed from the food in the small intestine?

Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine.


What a long folded tube inside the body attached to the stomach where nutrients in the food are absorbed?

Small intestine is where 90% of nutrients are absorbed.


Where are the end products of digestion absorbed?

Most of the nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine.