definitions

Question 1

ingestion

Answer 1

taking substances into the body through the mouth

Question 2

digestion

Answer 2

break-down of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble molecules using mechanical and chemical digestion

Question 3

absorption

Answer 3

movement of digested food molecules through the wall of the intestine into the blood or lymph

Question 4

assimilation

Answer 4

movements of digested foor molecules into the body cells, where they are used, becoming part of the cells

Question 5

egestion

Answer 5

passing out of food that has not been digested, as feces, through the anus.