Answer the following concept map about the digestion process.
1.Ingestion
Organ(s) Where It Happens:
What happens?
2. Absorption
Organ(s) Where It Happens:
What happens?
3. Assimilation
Organ(s) Where It Happens:
What happens?
4. Excretion
Organ(s) Where It Happens:
What happens?
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Answer:
1. INGESTION
Food is taken into the mouth where it is physically broken down by the teeth into smaller pieces. The presence of food in the mouth triggers a nervous reflex that causes the salivary glands to deliver a watery fluid called saliva to the mouth.
2. absorption- The process of absorbing food in the form of nutrients into the blood stream of the body
3. assimilation- The process of nutrients being absorbed by each cell of the body in the form of energy.
4. excretion
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