DESCRIBE THE ADAPTATIONS OF THE ILEUM TO ITS FUNCTION (20 MARKS)

  • Has secretory glands/crypts of lieberkuhn which secretes enzymes (maltase/sucrase/lactase/peptidase/lipase to complete digestion of sugars/proteins/lipids.
  • Goblet cells secrete mucus which allows for smooth movement of food and protect wall of ileum from action of digestive enzymes
  • Very long to provide large surface area for absorption.
  • Highly folded/coiled to slow movement of food to allow more time for digestion/absorption/ and to increase surface area for absorption.
  • Has numerous villi which increase surface area for absorption/microvilli which further increase surface area for absorption.
  • Ileum wall/villi have thin epithelium which is only one cell thick to reduce distance over which digested food has to diffuse.
  • Villi are highly vascularised/have a rich network of blood capillaries for rapid transport from small intestines and maintain a steep concentration gradient for rapid absorption.
  • Villi have lacteals for absorption of fatty acids and glycerol
  • Cells of ileum wall have a large count of mitochondria to release energy for active uptake of some food substances across the epithelium.

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Comments

  1. Nice points though they should be 20 like the marks given

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  2. Nice points though they should be 20 like the marks given

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    1. They have to be twenty points boss. One feature mentioned, accompanied by its role and any other description are all marks so 20 marks can come from even 5 points. Sawa?

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  3. Nice points but too long please shorten

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  4. I don't like this point because they are pointless

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  5. Good points sir.most not be 20 to make up,it also depends on how you expanciate the points(each point =2mks)

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