Digestive System

food is broken down by enzymes into its simplest building blocks

• chemical digestion

• mechanical digestion

• ingestion

• absorption

elimination of indigestible material as solid waste

• defecation

• absorption

• ingestion

• propulsion

taking food into the mouth

• ingestion

• propulsion

• chemical digestion

• defecation

physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces

• mechanical digestion

• chemical digestion

• absorption

• ingestion

moving food from one organ to the next

• propulsion

• ingestion

• absorption

• chemical digestion

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digested end products enter the blood stream

• absorption

• ingestion

• mechanical digestion

• defecation

chewing is

• mastication

• deglutition

• emulsification

• segmentation

back and forth movement of partially digested food that occurs in the intestines

• segmentation

• mastication

• emulsification

• deglutition

breakdown of large fat droplets into tiny droplets

• deglutition

• emulsification

• mastication

• segmentation

the act of swallowing food or liquids

• emulsification

• mastication

• segmentation

• deglutition