9,500 ml of fluid is absorbed from the digestive tract daily. The ultimate source of most of this fluid is

a. food and fluid ingested during meals.
b. stored within secretory cells of the digestive tract.
c. the plasma.
d. the accessory digestive organs.
e. metabolic water.


C

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