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Digestion is the process by which food and drink are broken down into their smallest parts so the body can use them to build and nourish cells and to provide energy.
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Eseravol has it right! Digestion is the chemical breakdown of large, insoluble molecules to small, soluble ones. Chewing by the teeth has nothing to do with digestion. It is mere physical process that breaks the food down into smaller piece...
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The bile salts return to the lumen to repeat the process. Fat digestion is usually completed by the time the food reaches the ileum (lower third) of the small intestine. Bile salts are in turn absorbed in ... Explain how, during digestion, food is mechanically broken down. Then explain how it is chemically broken down.
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www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDIGES...
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Digestion is the process by which food is changed into substances that can be absorbed and used by the body. So in other words, it is what your body does with the food you eat. ... Explain what a fart is. (You know, a normal part of the digestive system).
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What is digestion?; Digestion is a process that breaks down food into small pieces so that the body can absorb the nutrients from the food.
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During this process, foods are broken down into their component nutrients to be available for absorption. ... Digestion actually begins in the mouth, as the enzymes in saliva begin to break down carbohydrate (starch). As food is chewed, it becomes lubricated, warmer, and easier to swallow and digest.
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www.nutriwatch.org/01Basics/digestion.html
www.nutriwatch.org/01Basics/digestion.html
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Discuss the process of digestion in terms of the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food. ... Define peristalsis and explain its role in digestion.
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Digestion is the process of breaking down the food one consumes into a firm that is usable by the body. Food must be broken down and changed into simple substances before it can be absorbed in the blood and distributed to cells all over the body. ... Home » Trivia » Science » The Process of Digestion...
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The process of digestion ... To explain that process, one must know that a sugar molecule consists of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms held together by means of chemical bonds. A chemical bond is a force of attraction between two atoms. That force of attraction is a form of energy.
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