What Is Ingestion in Digestive System?

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Ingestion:
Ingestion can be referred to as an organism's consumption of a substance.
In the case of human beings, when the food is taken in from the mouth and then masticated and swallowed for further processing, it is called ingestion.
It takes place by absorbing substances by cell membranes in single-celled organisms.

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Q. The correct order of steps occurring in nutrition in animals is:
(a) Ingestion → Absorption → Digestion → Assimilation → Egestion
(b) Ingestion → Digestion → Assimilation → Absorption → Egestion
(c) Ingestion → Digestion → Absorption → Assimilation → Egestion
(d) Ingestion → Assimilation → Digestion → Absorption → Egestion

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(a)Ingestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Egestion
(b)Ingestion $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Egestion

(c)Ingestion $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Egestion
(d) Ingestion $\to$ Assimilation $\to$ Digestion $\to$ Absorption $\to$ Egestion

Q. The process by which animals make use of the digestive food is called
(a) absorption.
(b) digestion.
(c) ingestion.
(d) assimilation.

Q. The process of taking in food is also called
(a) ingestion.
(b) egestion.
(c) digestion.
(d) absorption.

Q. Breaking down of food into simple soluble compounds is called

(a) ingestion
(b) digestion
(c) nutrition
(d) egestion

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