Your intestine is lined with individual cells. No fluids leak between these cells from the gut into your body. Why?

• A. The intestinal cells are fused together into one giant cell.
• B. The intestinal cells are bound together by plasmodesmata.
• C. The intestinal cells are bound together by gap junctions.
• D. The intestinal cells are bound together by the extracellular matrix.
• E. The intestinal cells are bound together by tight junctions.