nutrition definitions

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Ingestion
The taking in of substances - e.g. food and drink into the body through the mouth.
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Mechanical digestion
The breaking down of food into smaller pieces without chemical change to the food molecules.
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Chemical Digestion
The breakdown of large insoluble molecules into small insoluble.
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Absorption
The movement of small food molecules and ions through the wall of the intestines into the blood.
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Egestion
The passing out of food that hasn't been digested or absorbed, as faeces, through the anus.
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Assimilation
The movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body where they are used and become part of the cells.
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The breaking down of food into smaller pieces without chemical change to the food molecules.

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Mechanical digestion

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The breakdown of large insoluble molecules into small insoluble.

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The movement of small food molecules and ions through the wall of the intestines into the blood.

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The passing out of food that hasn't been digested or absorbed, as faeces, through the anus.

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