ABSORPTION. 



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Microscopic examination of the intestinal epithelium after a full 

 meal which is rich in fatty elements of food will reveal the fact that the 

 epithelium of the villi is crowded with minute oil-globules. These 



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FIG. 169. LACTEALS OP A DOG DURING INTESTINAL DIGESTION. (Colin.) 



A, lacteals of mesentery ; B, mesenteric glands ; C, efferent chyle-ducts ; D, receptaculum chyli. 



globules may be found in the substance of the epithelial cell itself and 

 in its free, protoplasmic cap (Fig. 170). 



When once the absorbed fat has reached the central chyle-vessel of 

 the villus, its onward progression through the lymphatics admits of 



