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Describe the functions of the organs of the digestive system listed in 7.2.1, in relation to: (a) ingestion – the taking of substances, e.g. food and drink, into the body (b) digestion – the breakdown of food (c) absorption – the movement of nutrients from the intestines into the blood (d) assimilation – uptake and use of nutrients by cells (e) egestion – the removal of undigested food from the body as faeces

State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast as: glucose → alcohol + carbon dioxide

Describe chemical digestion as the breakdown of large insoluble molecules into small soluble molecules