The Key Difference Between Digestion and Absorption Is That

question 3

Multiple Choice

The key difference between digestion and absorption is that

• A) absorption does not occur in most animals.
• B) digestion does not occur in most animals.
• C) digestion occurs on molecules absorbed from the blood into the gut lumen.
• D) absorption transfers digested molecules across the gut epithelium.
• E) The two terms are interchangeable;there is no significant difference.

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Definitions:

Minors

Submatrices formed by deleting one or more rows or columns from a matrix, used in the calculation of determinants and inverses.

Augmented Matrix

A matrix created by adding the columns of two specified matrices together, usually representing a system of linear equations.

Back-substitution

A method used in algebra to solve systems of equations by solving one equation first and then substituting its value into other equations.

Variables

Symbols in mathematics that represent unknown quantities or can take on various values in an equation or expression.