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To achieve the goal of providing energy and nutrients to the body, six major functions take place in the digestive system:Ingestion.Secretion.Mixing and movement.Digestion.Absorption.Excretion. i gave you six bro

Maru [420]2 years ago

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Motility: Mechanical breakdown and mixing of ingested nutrients by smooth muscle movements, passage of nutrients through the digestive tract, and elimination of undigested or unabsorbed residues from the body.Secretion: Release of enzymes, hormones, and other substances that take part in digestion.Digestion: Chemical reduction of ingested nutrients into particles, then into molecules small enough to cross the lining of the gut and reach the internal environment of the body.Absorption: Passage of digested nutrients from the gut lumen into the blood or lymph, which distributes them throughout the body.

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