Digestive System Functions

Question 1

What is ingestion?

Answer 1

Taking in food

Question 2

What is digestion?

Answer 2

Break down of food chemically and mechanically

Question 3

What is absorbtion?

Answer 3

Movement of nutrients into the blood stream

Question 4

What is dedication?

Answer 4

Rids waste

Question 5

What is the alimentary canal (GI tract)?

Answer 5

Hollow tube that assists with ingestion, digestion, absorbtion, and defication

Question 6

What are accessory structures of the digestive system?

Answer 6

-teeth, tongue, and other large digestive organs