front 1 The digestive system: | back 1 provides body with nutrients, water, and minerals. |
front 2 Alimentation: | back 2 process of providing nutrition for the body |
front 3 4 main digestive activities | back 3 Ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination |
front 4 Ingestion (1) | back 4 oral intake of substances into body |
front 5 Digestion (2) | back 5 mechanical and chemical conversion of food into substances that are eventually absorbed by cells. |
front 6 Absorption (3) | back 6 process in which the digested food molecules pass through the lining of the small intestine into the blood or lymph capillaries. |
front 7 Elimination (4) | back 7 removal of undigested food particles and defection, elimination of waste in the form of feces. |
front 8 3 major classes of nutrients | back 8 Carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. |