Digestion and AbsorptionHard
Question
Digestion is the breaking down of large food molecules into smaller ones. The main purpose of this is to -
Options
A.Make the food soluble
B.Enable the digestive enzymes to be used up
C.Provide many different types of molecules for absorption
D.Make the passage of food along the gut easier
Solution
digestion is
conversion of complex food substances to simple absorbable forms is
called digestion and is carried out by our digestive system by mechanical
and biochemical methods. Ncert 257
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