Epithelium
Questions
DIRECTIONS: Each item below contains a question or incomplete
statement followed by suggested responses. Select the one bestresponse to
each question.
73.A male child is born with an absence of the normal structure labeled
between the arrows; inclusions of that structure are found within the cells in the
photomicrograph. He presents with refractory diarrhea and is chronically
dependent on parenteral nutrition. What is the primary function of the struc-
ture labeled between the arrows in the photomicrograph below?
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a. Extensive movement of substances over cell surfaces
b. Increase in surface area for absorption
c. Cell motility
d. Transport of intracellular organelles through the cytoplasm
e. Stretch
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