Wednesday, 13 February 2013

2.27 understand the processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion

Digestion: process in which large insoluble molecules of food are broken down into smaller ones.


Absorption: the process by which soluble molecules produced by digestion are taken from the gut (occurs mostly in the small intestine.) The soluble products of digestion are then transported to the various tissues by the circulatory system.

Assimilation: the cells of the tissues absorb the molecules for use.

Egestion: removal of waste- undigested- products as faeces.

Excretion: removal of waste products that have been in the body.

24 comments:

  1. Injestion: Ingestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism. In animals, it normally is accomplished by taking in the substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract, such as through eating or drinking. (Wikipedia)

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  2. Excretion is removing waste products of respiration, so basically carbon dioxide. I used to mix it up with egestion all the time, but in egestion it's never respired so it's not technically a waste product, just unused food.

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    1. u are better than hannah

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    2. Thank you for the extra detail you gave :D *egestion is a waste product - metabolic waste

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  3. MUJAHID ISLAM SHUT UP HAVE YOU GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO BUT COMMENT ON HANNAH'S BLOG. GET A LIFE AND STOP COMPLAINING, I DIDN'T SEE YOU WRITE ONE!!! Thank you very much Hannah, everything is useful ;) .

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    1. Then why're you here, Algernon a-seymour?

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    2. Then why're you here, Algernon a-seymour?

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    3. Peace is the way to success (In this case A* in Biology IGCSE)

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  4. Egestion is the removal of waste products from the anus pretty important to mention it happens there

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  5. Great Blog Hannah! Thanks for the informatiom :) It's very much appreciated ;)

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  6. thanks Hannah, life saver

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    http://igcse-biology-notes.blogspot.hk/2017/06/227-understand-process-of-ingestion.html

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  11. i think you missed out ingestion on your definitions

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