The inability to absorb digested nutrients may be due to damage of which type of epithelium?

Ciliated columnar

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Simple columnar

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Simple squamous

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Simple cuboidal

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Solution

The correct option is B Simple columnar
The lining of intestine is made up of simple columnar epithelium cells.
These epithelium cells facilitate the movement of molecules across the epithelial barrier.
Thus, if there is an inability to absorb nutrients, it indicates some damage in the simple columnar epithelium.

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