The Human Digestion Stages Flashcards
1
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What is the first stage of the human digestion?
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Ingestion: food enters the alimentary canal though the mouth
2
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What is the second stage
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Digestion: complex food molecules being broken down to simpler food molecules.
3
Q
What is the third stage?
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Absorption: products of digestion enters the bloodstream
4
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What is the fourth one?
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Assimilation: the nutrients that re absorbed are converted into molecules for growth health and repair and defence in cells.
5
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The fifth one? (Last one)
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Egestion: waste products of digestion being removed from the body
6
Q
What are the two types of digestion?
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- physical: the teeth and muscles in stomach wall prepare food for digestion by breaking down food to smaller pieces.
- chemical digestion: enzymes break food further into small pieces
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