Nutrients Undergo the Last Stages of Digestion by Enzymes Located

question 63

Essay

Nutrients undergo the last stages of digestion by enzymes located on the cells of the small intestine; then the nutrients are absorbed by these same cells by way of various membrane transport processes.Adipose cells absorb and store excess food energy in the form of fat.You and the other students in the physiology lab you are taking are doing an analysis of cell membrane composition, on unknown animal tissue samples labeled A and B.All lab groups determined that sample A contained, on average, 81% protein, 18% lipid, and 1% carbohydrate.Sample B contained 85% lipid, 10% protein, and 5% carbohydrate.Sketch a graph of the class data.You now have to make a logical conclusion as to which sample is more likely to be intestine and which is adipose tissue.What do you conclude, and why?

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