Passive Leakage of Partially Digested Material from the Small Intestine

question 35

Multiple Choice

Passive leakage of partially digested material from the small intestine into the human abdominal cavity may result from defects in which of the following type of intercellular junction?

• A) desmosomes
• B) gap junctions
• C) plasmodesmata
• D) tight junctions

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