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The five steps involved in nutrition are below with the main site/structures involved in brackets:


INGESTION = the taking in of food, i.e. the process of eating (mouth)
DIGESTION = the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food (mouth, tongue, peristalsis, stomach, enzymes, duodenum)


ABSORPTION = soluble digested food is taken up by the body (small intestine)


ASSIMILATION = soluble digested food is taken in/up by the specific body part to perform specific functions


EGESTION = release of undigested food and waste from the digestive canal (colon, rectum, anus)

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