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In the intestine, ________ ensure(s) that most digested nutrients pass through the epithelial cells and not between them.

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The answer is Tight junctions
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Tight junction

Step-by-step explanation:

Tight junctions have the ability to seal or prohibit epithelial cells in the adjacent areas from passing molecules and ions through the inter cellular space.

The tight junctions consists of a network of proteins and claudins.

Claudins are also a set of proteins that expresses in epithelia and endothelia They also for paracellular barriers which are significant of tight junctions.

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