Dear journal,

Digestion of all foods, like me happens in the small intestine. Absorption of my nutrients happens through the villi.  These villi absorb glucose, amino acids, vitamins and minerals. A villi contains a microvilli, capillaries, and lacteals. The functions of the villi and microvilli are to increase my surface area for enabling a faster rate of absorption. The function of the capillaries is to pass nutrients (glucose and amino acids) through the villi by diffusion. The circulating blood then takes these nutrients away. The lacteal does a similar role as the capillary however, it absorbs emulsified fats.