Sugars are taken up by enterocytes
A) Mainly as disaccharides
B) Only as glucose
C) Only by facilitated diffusion
D) Only by secondary active transport
E) Only as monosaccharides

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Sugars are primarily absorbed by enterocytes as monosaccharides, not as disaccharides or only in the form of glucose. This absorption involves both facilitated diffusion and secondary active transport mechanisms, not exclusively one or the other.

Sugars Are Taken Up by Enterocytes