[IB Biology SL at GHS: Reviews of the Digestive System]

5. Two cellular activities that support human life are absorption and assimilation.

What is needed for assimilation but not for absorption?

A) Microvilli

B) Blood capillaries

C) Enzymes to synthesize new molecules (Absorption brings monomer forms of macromolecules into the blood. Assimilation takes those monomers from the blood and builds (synthesizes) macromolecules again in the cells.)

D) Dissolved nutrients

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