In June, USA TODAY highlighted the flow of marijuana from Colorado into small towns across Nebraska: felony drug arrests in Chappell, Neb., just 7 miles north of the Colorado border have skyrocketed 400% in three years.
Intestinal Absorptive Cells. Absorptive cells, or enterocytes, are the predominant epithelial cell type lining the lumen of the small intestine and colon. These cells are specialized for absorption of nutrients across the apical plasma membrane and export of these same nutrients across the basal plasma membrane.
Enzymes from the pancreas help break down the food. The lining of the small intestine is not a straight slippery surface but is wavy so that there is a lot more surface on the inside than on the outside. 1  This surface is covered by villi. 2  These are like tiny fingers.