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.
The âIâ in LGBTQIA. In 1993, Anne FaustoâSterling wrote an essay entitled âThe Five Sexes,â in which she suggested that instead of two sexes, there are actually as many as five. Where do these other sexes come from? They come from the âIâ in LGBTQIA, which stands for intersex. According to Fausto-Sterling, there are three types of intersex people: herms, or true hermaphrodites who are equal parts male and female, merms, or hermaphrodites who are more male than female, and ferms, or hermaphrodites who are more female than male.