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Option 1 : Small Intestine
The correct answer is Small Intestine.
- The small intestine is the part of the human digestive system is the digestion of food completed.
- It is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most nutrient and mineral absorption from food ends up.
- It lies between the stomach and the large intestine and absorbs bile and pancreatic juice to help in digestion through the pancreatic duct.
- There are three distinct regions of the small intestine-duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
- The large intestine is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the vertebrate digestive system.
- In humans, in the right iliac region of the pelvis, the large intestine begins, just at or below the waist.
Human digestive system-
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The digestive system includes 5 steps, They are in order as follows::
1) Ingestion
2) Digestion
3) Absorption
4) Assimilation
5) Egestion
- Ingestion: It is the process of taking food into the body by the animal.
- Digestion: It is the process in which food containing larger molecules is converted or break down into small water-soluble molecules.
- Absorption: It is the process in which digested food goes into the bloodstream.
- Assimilation: It is the process in which absorbed food is taken up by the body cells for their growth and energy.
- Egestion: It is the process in which undigested is discharged as faeces.
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