This template was adapted from the original submission. Edits were made to enhance scientific accuracy, optimal usability and/or to meet industry-leading design standards for science communication. This figure shows how digested nutrients such as glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids and glycerol are absorbed across the epithelium of the small intestine. Fatty acids and glycerols first must recombine in epithelial cells into triglycerides, then be absorbed into the lacteals.