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Explain the process of intestinal adaptation.

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Proteins can be categorized as one of two basic types:
 A) DNA or RNA.
  B) antibodies orantigens.
  C) enzymes orhormones.
  D) simple orcomplex.
  E) fibrous orglobular.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 19, 2018
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After an intestinal resection, the remaining intestine undergoes intestinal adaptation, which dramatically improves the intestine's absorptive capacity. Adaptationwhich depends on the presence of nutrients and GI secretions in the lumen begins soon after surgery and continues for several years. During this period, the remaining section of intestine develops taller villi and deeper crypts and also grows in length and diameter; these changes dramatically increase the absorptive surface area.

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