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What is the name given to the process of using absorbed food for producing energy in human body?

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Cellular respiration:
  1. ​The food absorbed by the system reaches the different cells in the human body by the process of assimilation of nutrients.
  2. In the cell, cellular respiration occurs which is used for producing energy from food in the human body.
  3. The process of cellular respiration is an oxidative process where the absorbed nutrients are broken down to produce the energy required by the system.
  4. This energy is used by the cell to perform specific biochemical function.

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