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What are the 4 phases of processing food in your body? - ANS -Ingestion, digestion,
absorption and elimination
What is digestion? - ANS -The process that breaks down food into small molecules so
they can move into the blood stream
What does food pass through? - ANS -Digestive tract
What are the major organs of the digestive tract? - ANS -Mouth, esophagus, stomach,
small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus
What are the 3 oragans that food does not pass through, but store enzymes & chemicals
that help break down food as it passes through the digestive tract? - ANS -Liver,
pancreas and gallbladder
What are enzymes? - ANS -Molecules that speed up the rate of chemical reactions in
your body
Where does mechanical digestion take place? - ANS -It takes place when food is
chewed and mixed in the mouth and churned in your stomach
Chemical digestion uses acids and enzymes to break down large molecules of food into
smaller ones. Where does this take place? - ANS -Mouth, stomach and small
intestine
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