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The small intestine, specifically the jejunum is where most of the absorption occur.
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Which part of digestive canal is involved in chewing of food?
Buccal Cavity
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.
Do absorption move food through the digestive system?
Digestive
What are the two divisions of the digestive system?
Digestive organs and the system in general can be divided into two parts: the accessory organs and the alimentary canal. The alimentary canal is the GI tract and the accessory organs are things like the teeth, tongue, salivary glands, and gallbladder.
An alimentary canal is best defined as?
A tube shaped compartment for the transfer, digestion, and absorption of food. Solid waste is expelled from it too. It extends from mouth to anus. It includes all digestive system and pathway of food you eat. Hope this helps!
What function affects the efficiency of food absorption by folds of grasshopper and earthworm digestive tube?
The digestive tube structure in both earthworms and grasshoppers consists of several folds. These folds affect the efficiency of food absorption by increasing the surface area.
What do muscular contractions have to do with our digestive system?
The muscular contractions move the food, mix it with digestive juices, and bring the digesting food in contact with the mucosa where absorption takes place.
When a substance leaves the digestive tract it must cross a cell membrane During which stage of food processing does this take place?
absorption
What stageof food processingwhe a substance must leave the digestive tract and cross a membrane?
Absorption
What is in the alimentary canal of a human?
it is the Digestive Tract - food in one end, waste out of the other
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.
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.
