If a person was unable to break down food particles into molecules that could be absorbed by the body, you would predict
a. there is a malfunction with the digestive system
b. there is a malfunction with the excretory system
c. there is a malfunction with the reproductive system
d. there is a malfunction with the circulatory system

The correct answer is a. there is a malfunction with the digestive system

Explanation:

The digestive system in the body is responsible for the digestion and absorption of digested food in the body. The initial digestion of food starts from the mouth itself by the action of salivary amylase which partially digests polysaccharides.

Then the food is passed to the stomach where HCL and different enzymes convert food into chyme. The main digestion of food occurs in the small intestine where the macromolecules are digested and broken down in simpler form by hydrolytic enzymes like protease, lipase, etc.

Then these simpler molecules are absorbed in the body through intestine. Therefore the correct answer is a.

hydroxyl -oh

alcohols, always polar, can form hydrogen bonds with h2o molecules

carboxyl -cooh  

cargoxylic acids, has acidic properties which is a source of hydrogen ions, found in cells in ionized for with a charge of oh-1

carbonyl > co

ketone if within skeleton, aldehyde if group is at the end of skeleton, k & a may be structural isomers, it determines 2 sugars (ketose & aldose)

amino -nh2

amines, acts as a base, it can pick up h+ ions from surrounding solution, ionized with charge of 1+

methyl ch2

addition to rna/dna affects and gene expression

phosphate -opo3 ²⁻

organic phosphates, contributes to negative charge to, molecule that it is a part of, and potential to react with h20

sulfhydryl -sh

thiols, cross-linking stabilize the protein, and it is structure