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Also known as GO:0007586, Digestion

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food compounds into small water-soluble components so that they can be absorbed into the blood plasma. In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream. Digestion is a form of catabolism that is often divided into two processes based on how food is broken down: mechanical and chemical digestion. The term mechanical digestion refers to the physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces which can subsequently be accessed by digestive enzymes. Mechanical digestion takes place

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Digestion is the process of breaking down large food particles into smaller, water-soluble components that your body can absorb into the bloodstream. This matters because it allows your body to extract and use the nutrients from the food you eat.

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Anatomy.Name: Digestive system
Anatomy.Latin: systema digestorium

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Research

1,724,735 papers

Lactose digestion from yogurt: mechanism and relevance.ReviewThe American journal of clinical nutrition · 2014Savaiano DADOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.073023
Gastrointestinal digestion of food allergens: effect on their allergenicity.ReviewBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2007Moreno FJDOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2006.10.005
The digestive system: linking theory and practice.ReviewBritish journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing) · 1997Hoyle TDOI: 10.12968/bjon.1997.6.22.1285
Role of Food Digestion and Digestive System in the Nutritional, Functional and Health Properties of Food Bioactives.Nutrients · 2024Fernández-Tomé SDOI: 10.3390/nu16050712
Case Approach to Support Digestion.Alternative therapies in health and medicine · 2020Johnson J, Balliett M
Digestion-related proteins in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta.Insect biochemistry and molecular biology · 2020Miao Z, Cao X, Jiang HDOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103457
Impact of aging on the digestive system related to protein digestion in vivo.ReviewCritical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2025Hinssen F, Mensink M, Huppertz T et al.DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2024.2433598
Site of digestion of starch in the gastrointestinal tract of dairy cows and its effect on milk yield and composition.ReviewJournal of dairy science · 1991Nocek JE, Tamminga SDOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(91)78552-4

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Instance of: biological process
Image: Blausen 0316 DigestiveSystem.png

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different from: human digestive system
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0007586
native label: systema digestorium
Commons category: Digestion
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
topic's main category: Category:Digestion
class of object(s) of occurrence: food

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