Quantitatively, the most important defense against food-borne pathogens in the gastrointestinal
tract is
A) low pH and high enzymatic content of the stomach.
B) mucus cells.
C) peristaltic movement.
D) resident phagocytic cells.
E) ciliated cells.
A
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