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Book
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/7041-digestive-system

https://www.healthline.com/health/chemical-digestion

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Digestive System: Function, Organs & Anatomy

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Your digestive system is a sophisticated machine that absorbs the food you eat and transforms it into energy and nutrients. A step-by-step guide on how it works.

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In chemical digestion, chemicals produced by the body break down food into very small pieces.

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There are 2 types of digestion: mechanical and chemical digestion.
In mechanical digestion, food is physically broken down into smaller pieces by tearing, slicing, churning and mixing.

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There are 2 types of digestion: mechanical and chemical digestion.
In mechanical digestion, food is physically broken down into smaller pieces by tearing, slicing, churning and mixing.

In chemical digestion, chemicals produced by the body break down food into very small pieces.

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Nutrients pass through epicelial cells to the blood/lymphatic vessels

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Nutrients are absorbed through the epicelium covering the intestinal villi

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Inner surface of small intestine is folded with finger-like projections known as intestinal villi

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In the small intestine the chyme mixes with bile, pancreatic juices and intestinal juices. The digestion of fats begin and the digestion of carbohydrates and proteins is completed.

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Crushed food is mixed with saliva that result is called a food bolus.

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In the mouth the food is chewed and thein it is break down into smaller pieces.

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The food passes the oesophagus. The muscles there contract and relax to drive food into the stomach

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This muscle movement is called PERISTALSIS

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In the stomach, food mixes with gastric juices. They contain hydrochloric acid.

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As you swallow, the food is pushed into the pharynx by the tongue

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When the food gets to the stomach is transformed into chyme, wich leaves the stomach through the pylorus