Question

What is meant by absorption of food?

• A. End products of digestion are thrown out of the body
• B. End products of digestion are egested out of the body
• C. End products of digestion are transported to the body
• D. End products of digestion are passed through the intestinal mucosa

Answer 1

Answer:

D. End products of digestion are passed through the intestinal mucosa

Absorption is the process by which the end products of digestion pass through the intestinal mucosa into the blood or lymph. It is carried out by passive, active or facilitated transport mechanisms.