The placenta develops within the first couple of weeks of pregnancy. The placenta is the lifeline of the fetal body and soon after the placenta is developed and in place, it begins starting to absorb nutrients for the developing fetus. This all occurs in the first trimester.
Answer:
Mechanical digestion involves physically breaking down food substances into smaller particles to more efficiently undergo chemical digestion. The role of chemical digestion is to further degrade the molecular structure of the ingested compounds by digestive enzymes into a form that is absorbable into the bloodstream.
Explanation:
Carbohydrates changed into sugar
proteins broken down to amino acids
fats converted to fatty acids
nutrients carried to cells
