Directions: Arrange the following statements according to the digestion absorption process in the body by numbering 1-8 according to the sequence. Write your answer in your activity notebook.
_______ Water is absorbed
_______ Wastes are removed from the body
_______ Food is liquidated and digested into forms which can be used by cells. _______ With the aid of peristalsis, the food is pressed against the stomach. _______ Bile is produced by the liver, which goes to the gall bladder and then helps digest fats into the small intestine
_______ When you chew the food, your teeth it into smaller pieces.
_______ Then food nutrients pass through the small intestine and then through the blood to the walls of the blood vessels
_______ Stomach muscles compress and combine food with gastric juices containing mucus, enzymes, water, and hydrochloric acid. In food, protease enzymes break down protein.