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.
Sexual reproduction happens when a male gamete and a female gamete join. This fusion of gametes is called fertilisation. Sexual reproduction allows some of the genetic information from each parent to mix, producing offspring that resemble their parents but are not identical to them.