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Where in the alimentary canal does absorption of food take place?
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What if the alimentary canal is absent?
The alimentary canal performs all the functions of preparing eaten food for absorption into your body, Without it, their would be no digestive system or digestion. Life would not be possible.
Where does maximum absorption of food take place in vertebrate alimentary canal?
Almost all of the food you take in is absorbed in the small intestine. Most of the water you drink is absorbed in the large intestine.
What is the function of the folds and projections of the mucosa withing the alimentary canal?
Folds and projections of alimentery canal increase surface area for digestion and absorption of food.
Name the part of the alimentary canal where food enters the alimentary canal?
mouth (oesophagus)
What must occur so food can pass though the wall of the alimentary canal?
For food to properly pass through the alimentary canal, digestion must first occur. The process of moving food through the alimentary canal is called propulsion.
What is the path of food in a person?
Alimentary canal.
Why is the liver not part of the alimentary canal?
Think of the alimentary canal as being a tube that carries and processes food. The liver processes/cleans blood and stores energy, and is not directly associated with the processing of food...therefore not part of the alimentary canal.
Where does maximum digestion of food takes place in vertebrate alimentary canal?
Maximum digestion takes place in duodenum .
How is food moved along the alimentary canal?
The involuntary motion that moves food through the alimentary canal is called peristalsis and is a wavelike contraction and relaxation of the intestinal wall smooth muscles. It pushes food along the intestine.
Where Food is moved through the alimentary canal?
colon
What is the muscular movement responsible for the movement of food through the alimentary canal?
The muscular movement of the intestinal canal is called peristalsis.
Where does food move by peristalsis?
In alimentary canal from throat to stomach.
