Question

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Alcohol is harmful to the body. It gets directly absorbed into blood through the wall of
the gut, as it does not require any digestion. In such a case will there be any difference
between drinking alcohol (without diluting it with water) and injecting alcohol into
blood directly through a vein? If you think there is a difference, what is it?.
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Answer 1

Answer:

When alcohol is consumed, it enters the stomach, where it can be absorbed into the bloodstream.However, if no food is present, most of the alcohol moves down into the small intestine where there is a much larger surface area for absorption compared to the stomach. The cells that line the stomach and small intestine (part of the gastrointestinal or GI tract) are called epithelial cells.