The Digestive Process
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- Created on: 19-12-13 14:54
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Ingestion:
This is where you put food or drink into your mouth
Digestion:
After you've ingested something, you need to digest it. Digestion is the break-down of large, insoluble molecules into smaller, soluble molecules. Your body has mechanical and chemical ways to break down food.
Mechanical- teeth and stomach muscles
Chemical- enzymes and bile
Absorption:
Absoprtion is the process of moving molecules through the walls of the intestine and into the blood. Digested food molecules are absorbed into the small intestine- water is mainly absorbed into the large intestine
Assimilation:
When digested molecules have been absorbed, they're moved into body cells…
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