Q: Which cells continue the digestion and absorption of nutrients and transport these nutrients to the lymphatic and circulatory systems?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Watch this animation (http://openstaxcollege. org/l/sintestine) that depicts the structure of the small intestine, and, in particular, the villi. Epithelial cells continue the digestion and absorption of nutrients and transport these nutrients to the lymphatic and circulatory systems. In the small intestine, the products of food digestion are absorbed by different structures in the villi. Which structure absorbs and transports fats?.

 Choices:

- myocyte

- blood cells

- neurons

- epithelial cells


A:
epithelial cells