ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In order for the body to use food for energy, which process must occur first?
A
The food must be combined with carbon dioxide.
B
The food must be combined with oxygen.
C
The food must be digested.
D
The food must be transported to the cells.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mouth. The digestive process starts in your mouth when you chew. Your salivary glands make saliva, a digestive juice, which moistens food so it moves more easily through your esophagus into your stomach. Saliva also has an enzyme that begins to break down starches in your food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Obtaining nutrition and energy from food is a multi-step process. For true animals, the first step is ingestion, the act of taking in food. This is followed by digestion, absorption, and elimination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Respiration is the process by which the glucose in the food is broken down in the presence of oxygen to produce energy. This energy is utilised by our body for its survival.

Detailed explanation-4: -The hydrolytic action of the carbohydrates splitting enzymes, salivary amylase, is responsible. Therefore, Amylase is the first enzyme to interact with food.

Detailed explanation-5: -Calories Used to Digest Food For example, the energy used to process foods is about 5–10% of the calories the food contains for carbs, 0–5% for fat and 20–30% for protein (1).

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