3. What happens to your body when you eat something? 1. Explain the science in your...

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3. What happens to your body when you eat something?
1. Explain the science in your own words as if you aredescribing it to someone with no scientific knowledge (make sureyou use appropriate words).
2. Explain all the steps from chewing all the day to theend

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So what happens to our body when we eat in simple the food we eat will be processed by the alimentary canal of our body and nutrients will be absorbed from the processed food and finally excreted So the steps involved here are mechanical digestion and chemical digestion then absorption assimilation and finally egestion First mechanical digestion the large food particles will be broken down by chewing by our teeth and tongue into smaller particles salivary glands secretes saliva which also breaks down starch into disaccharides then it will be swallowed into the oropharynx which is a common passage of food and air    See Answer
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