*explain the process of digestion, absorption and Assimilation of human alimentary canal* Pls help urgent
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Explanation:
Ingestion: Intake of food.
Digestion: Breaking down of food so that it can be absorbed by the body.
Absorption: The process of absorbing food in the form of nutrients into the blood stream of the body.
Assimilation: The process of nutrients being absorbed by each cell of the body in the form of energy.
Egestion: Secretion of waste, unwanted and excess substances from the body after food the as been digestion.
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Digestion-Digestion, sequence by which food is broken down and chemically converted so that it can be absorbed by the cells of an organism and used to maintain vital bodily functions.
Absorption- absorption pertains particularly to the process of absorbing or assimilating substances into the cell or across the tissues and organs. ... In chemistry, absorption pertains to the process in which a substance permeates another, as in a liquid permeating, or absorbed by, a solid.
Assimilation- Assimilation is the movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body where they are used. For example: glucose is used in respiration to provide energy. amino acids are used to build new proteins.