What is digestion?
a. The mechanical and chemical processes that convert nutrients into a physically absorbable state.
b. The process by which monosaccharides, fatty acid chains, vitamins, minerals, and water pass through the epithelial membranes in the intestine into the blood or lymph systems.
c. The aggregate of all chemical reactions and other bodily functions as they relate to the distribution of nutrients in the blood after digestion.
d. The breakdown of glucose by enzymes.
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Digestion is defined as the mechanical and chemical processes that convert nutrients into a physically absorbable state. Absorption is the process by which monosaccharides, fatty acid chains, vitamins, minerals, and water pass through the epithelial membranes in the intestine into the blood or lymph systems.Metabolism is the aggregate of all chemical reactions and other bodily functions as they relate to the distribution of nutrients in the blood after digestion. Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose by enzymes.
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