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.
New intestinal absorptive cells are constantly produced in the crypts of the small intestinal lining (Fig. 3-13) and appear daily along the surface of each villus âÂ±nger.â This is probably because absorptive cells are subjected to a harsh environment, so renewal of the intestinal cell lining is necessary.