HUMAN ANATOMY
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Author: SALADIN
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Chapter 24.1, Problem 1BYGO
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The different regions of the digestive tract from mouth to anus.
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Digestion is the process that occurs in a living organism so as to break the food ingested by the same into simpler molecules that can easily be absorbed by the cells. This process is accomplished by the coordinated functioning of an organ system called as alimentary canal.
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