| A | B |
|---|
| Digestion | The mechanical and chemical breakdown of foods for use by the body's cell. |
| Absorption | The pasage of digested food from the digestive tract into the circulatory system. |
| Elimination | The expulsion of indigested food or body wastes. |
| Mastication | The process of chewing. |
| Peristalsis | A series of involuntary muscular contractions. |
| Gastric Juices | Secreations from the stomach lining that contains pepsin and hydrochloric acid. |
| Chyme | A creamy, fluid mixture of food and gastric juices. |
| Bile | A yellowish-green, bitter fluid important in th breakdown of fats. |
| Ingestion | The taking of foods into the body. |
