Question

___________________________ Delivers absorbed food from the small intestine to liver for assimilation

Answer 1

Assimilation

• Assimilation is the process of taking in the food components after being digested and absorbed into all the parts of the body.
• The digested food is utilized for the metabolic processes and growth and repair of the body.

Hepatic portal vein

• The nutrients present in the absorbed food are carried to the liver by the hepatic portal vein.
• The hepatic portal vein receives blood from the body and transports it into the liver for filtration and processing.