And the mucus basically protects the epithelial layer from being damaged by the environment found inside our small intestine. Now, finally, let's briefly discuss the process of absorption. So inside the gynom and the ilium, we have those nutrients that have been broken down are now absorbed by the intelligence of our villi, found on the border of the small intestine. On the intersection of the small intestine. Now we basically have those lipids. The triglycerides are broken down into fatty acids, and these fatty acids can easily pass across the membrane of anterocytes, because the fatty acids are lipid soluble.