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Ingestion |
Taking of substances e.g. food, drink, into the body through the mouth |
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Digestion |
The process of breaking down large insolube molecules, into smaller, soluble ones using mechanical and chemical processes |
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Absorption |
The movement of digested food molecules through the wall of the intestine into the blood or lymph |
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Assimilation |
The movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body where they are used, becoming part of the cells |
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Balanced diet |
A diet containing some of each of the different types of nutrients, in a suitable quantity and proportions. |
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Egestion |
The passing out of food that has not been digested, as faeces, through the anus |
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Mechanical digestion |
The breakdown of food to smaller pieces without chemical change to the food molecules |
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Chemical digestion |
The breakdown of large insoluble food molecules to small soluble molecules through enzymes |
