process of taking in nutrients to sustain bodily processes and help the organism to

survive
*nutrition

process of taking in food | swallowing food

*ingestion

mouth is composed of
*lips
*cheeks
*tongue
*teeth

used for slicing

*canine

used for grinding

*molars

used for crushing/breaking

*premolars

used for cutting

*incisors

passageway of food through the stomach

*esophagus

swallowing reflex
*peristalsis

enzyme present in 1st stage

*amylase

food that is made up of starch and sugars

*carbohydrates

process of breaking down food to its simpler components

*digestion

site of digestion of food

*stomach

produces bile that is stored in gall bladder

*liver

enzyme present in degisting meat and fibrous food

*pepsin

made of long chains of amino acids commonly found on meat milk eggs and beans
*proteins

process of absorbing nutrients

*absorption

where the continuation of digestion happens with the help of pancreas

*small intestine

stimulates the production of glucagon and insulin

*pancreas

the bypassed food nutrients is reabsorped in this part especially water

*large intestine

enzyme present for digestion of the carbohydrates

*pancreatic amylase

enzyme present for the digestion of fats and oils

*lipase

enzyme present for the digestion of the nucleotides

*nucleases

process of removing materials undigested materials are exreted from the body
*elimination

last prat of the large intestine

*rectum

colon opening
*anus

identifying the imprtance of processes can help us

*know nutrients we lack
*identify site of illness
*see if we are healthy