Question

complete the flow chart ingestion ........... absorption assimilayion egestiion

Answer 1

Ingestion digestion absorption assimilation egestion is the right answer.

It is the process by which ingested food materials are broken down in the earlier stages of the alimentary canal into a form can absorb and assimilated into tissues.

The body reacts chemically and action taken in digestive enzymes, biles, acids and others.

Answer 2

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• Ingestion is the process of intake of food. It is carried out by the mouth and involves crushing of food by the teeth so that they enter the oesophagus in chunks.

• Digestion is the process of breaking down the food into diffusible form which can be easily absorbed and utilised by our body cells.

• Absorption is the process in which the digested food is absorbed so that they can be utilised by body cells. It is mainly carried out by villi (singular: villus) present in the inner wall of small intestine.

• Assimilation is another important process in which the absorbed digested food into converted into body material for various uses.

• Egestion is process in which is undigested food is taken out of our body through the rectum which is about 15 cm long.