The Process of Digestion, Absorption and Assimilation
The Process of Digestion, Absorption and Assimilation: Overview
In this topic, we will study different stages of nutrition in human beings. It explains each step in detail. It also includes the definitions of ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion.
Important Questions on The Process of Digestion, Absorption and Assimilation
What is the source of ammonia in our body?
Choose the end product of fat digestion.
Explain the role of rectum in the human digestive system.
Mention the enzymes present in the stomach.
Which of the following glands aid in the chemical digestion of food with the help of enzymes?
Mention the enzymes that helps in the digestion of food in buccal cavity.
Explain the process of digestion occur in buccal cavity
Fill in the blank using an appropriate word from the box:
| vitamins | triglycerides | saccharides | amino acids | polypeptide |
Which of the following is the end product of fat digestion other than glycerol.
Explain the structure of fats.
Which of the following enzymes converts the large protein molecules into smaller protein molecules?
Give one word for the part of the small intestine which receives bile and pancreatic juice through the pancreas.
Give one word for the part of the digestive system which lies between the stomach and the large intestine?
Write another name for food pipe.
Give one word for the sequential muscular contractions that aid in the movement of food from the pharynx through the oesophagus.
The inner lining of small intestine contains longitudinal folds (called villi) that decrease the surface area of absorption.
The excess glucose is stored in the liver as glycogen.
Gastric juices are rich in hydrochloric acid.
The process of assimilation occurs in large intestine.
Saliva digests starch.
