Define the 8 possible pathways for nutrients in the body.
Ingestion: To eat, typically orally
Digestion: Chemical breakdown of nutrients requiring enzymes to get smaller pieces (small enough to be absorbed)
Absorption: Passing of nutrients through small intestinal wall into the inside of the body (into one of two transportation systems)
Transportation: Act of carrying nutrients in the vascular or lymphatic system First four pathways generally occur in order
Metabolism: process where nutrients are broken down to yield energy (work, heat) or rearranged into body structure
End products of metabolism = Energy (ATP) + H2O + CO2(carbon dioxide)
Interaction- One/Many nutrients working with other nutrients
Storage: Keeping nutrients for later use
Excretion: Eliminating nutrients, majority through urine and feces
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