Question

5. Define the following terms.

a) Assimilation

c) Mastication

e) Digestion

b) Ingestion

d) Egestion

f) Peristalsis​

Answer 1

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1. Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assume the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group.

2. Mastication is the mechanical grinding of food into smaller pieces by teeth; it is essentially a technical word for “chewing”. Mastication breaks down food so that it can go through the esophagus to the stomach.

3. Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma. In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream.

4. Ingestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism. In animals, it normally is accomplished by taking in a substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract; such as through eating or drinking. In single-celled organisms ingestion takes place by absorbing a substance through the cell membrane.

5. Egestion is the act or process of voiding or discharging undigested food as faeces. To egest means to discharge undigested material or food.

6. Peristalsis, involuntary movements of the longitudinal and circular muscles, primarily in the digestive tract but occasionally in other hollow tubes of the body, that occur in progressive wavelike contractions. Peristaltic waves occur in the esophagus, stomach, and

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Answer 2

Answer:

a) Assimilation:

The absorbed food used for growth and performing different life functions

c) Mastication:

Chewing, food is crushed and mixed with saliva to form a bolus for swallowing

e) Digestion:

The breakdown of large insoluble: food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules

b) Ingestion:

Taking large pieces of food into the food

d) Egestion:

The act or process of voiding or discharging undigested food as faeces.

f) Peristalsis:

Involuntary movements of the longitudinal and circular muscles, primarily in the digestive tract

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