In the small intestine, food molecules pass from the lumen of the intestine into the individual cells lining the intestine and then into the circulatory or lymph system of the body. If the digested molecules can leak into the abdominal cavity then ________ must have been damaged.

A. hemidesmosomes
B. desmosomes
C. tight junctions
D. gap junctions
E. focal adhesions


Answer: C

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