Question

(5 Define the following terms.
a) Assimilation
c) Mastication
e) Digestion
b) Ingestion
d) Egestion
f) Peristalsis​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

1. the state or condition of being assimilated, or of being absorbed into something. the process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation, or the state of being socially integrated into the culture of the dominant group in a society: assimilation of immigrants into American life.

2. Chewing or mastication is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion, and it increases the surface area of foods to allow a more efficient break down by enzymes. ... After chewing, the food (now called a bolus) is swallowed.

3. Digestion is how your body turns food you eat into nutrients it uses for energy, growth, and cell repair. The digestive tract (or gastrointestinal tract) is a long twisting tube that starts at your mouth and ends at your anus.

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. ... Ingestion is a common route taken by pathogenic organisms and poisons entering the body.

5. the act or process of discharging undigested or waste material from a cell or organism specifically .

6. Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract. ... In the large intestine peristalsis helps water from undigested food be absorbed into the blood stream.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Assimilation :Assimilation refers to the process through which individuals and groups of differing heritages acquire the basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of an embracing culture.

2. Mastication : 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: 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: 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.

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

6.Paristalsis: 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.