Digestive System

Question 1

Ingestion

Answer 1

Taking food into the mouth

Question 2

Digestion

Answer 2

Chemical & mechanical breakdown of LARGE INSOLUBLE molecules into SMALL SOLUBLE molecules that can then be absorbed into the blood.

Question 3

Absorption

Answer 3

The taking up of the SMALL SOLUBLE molecules ( made from digestion) into the blood - then on into the cells.

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

The absorbed useful molecules are used by cells to build new molecules/components

Question 5

Egestion

Answer 5

Removal of UNDIGESTED WASTE that has simply passed through the gut without being absorbed or entering cells.

Question 6

Excretion

Answer 6

Removal of waste products of METABOLISM (materials that have been absorbed & processed by the cells