Events in Human Nutrition (Leaving Cert Biology): Quizzes
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What is ingestion?
What is ingestion?
Taking food into the mouth
What types of breakdown occur during digestion?
What types of breakdown occur during digestion?
Physical and chemical
Why is digestion necessary?
Why is digestion necessary?
To allow absorption through intestines
What happens during absorption?
What happens during absorption?
Small molecules pass into the blood
What is assimilation?
What is assimilation?
How body uses absorbed food molecules
What is removed from the body during egestion?
What is removed from the body during egestion?
Unabsorbed food
How does egestion differ from excretion?
How does egestion differ from excretion?
Egestion removes unabsorbed food
What does excretion remove from the body?
What does excretion remove from the body?
Metabolic waste
How is carbon dioxide removed from the body?
How is carbon dioxide removed from the body?
Excreted through the lungs
Which process involves the body using absorbed food molecules for energy?
Which process involves the body using absorbed food molecules for energy?
Assimilation