Question

What is Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption and Assimilation?

Answer 1

INGESTION - the process of taking in food into the body
DIGESTION - the process in which the large food molecules are broken into small soluble molecules
ABSORPTION - the process in which the digested food passes through the intestine into blood stream
ASSIMILATION - the process in which the absorbed is taken by the body itself

Answer 2

ingestion is the act of taking food through the mouth....

digestion is the process of breaking down food into smaller particles...

absorption is the process of which digested food particles are taken to cell linings gut to bloodstream....

assimilation is the process in which the digested food are carried through bloodstream and are futher broken down to generate energy or on cells to maintain good health...

egestion is the process of removal of undisgested food from the body...