Question

what do you understand by the term digestion?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The process by which food is broken down into simple chemical compounds that can be absorbed and used as nutrients or eliminated by the body. In most animals, nutrients are obtained from food by the action ofdigestive enzymes. In humans and other higher vertebrates, digestiontakes place mainly in the small intestine.

Answer 2

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. ... After undergoing mastication and starch digestion, the food will be in the form of a small, round slurry masscalled a bolus.