Thus, short-bowel syndrome can be produced by clinical entities that result in critical loss of mucosal surface area (eg, massive small-bowel resection) or degrade mucosal integrity (eg, radiation enteritis). Macronutrients and micronutrients are absorbed along the length of the small intestine.
When people are born with both sexes, also knows as hermaphrodites, one of the sexes doesn't work. This is to prevent self impregnation. One thing you have to remember is that mutations are always for the best. Forgotten Junk Â· 10 years ago.
In humans and mammals, sex chromosomes can be X or Y. The only real difference between them is that the pairing of sex chromosomes determines the gender of the organism (XX-f â¦ emale; XY-male), while autosomes are primarily responsible for other phenotypic traits (height, eye color, hair color, etc).