HISTOLOGY
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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Question
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Taking in food through the mouth is called
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Ingestion
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Digestion
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Absorption
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Dissection
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Ingestion. The first activity of the digestive system is to take in food through the mouth. This process, called ingestion, has to take place before anything else can happen.
Detailed explanation-2: -(in-JES-chun) Taking into the body by mouth.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mouth, or oral cavity, is the first part of the digestive tract. It is adapted to receive food by ingestion, break it into small particles by mastication, and mix it with saliva.
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