WASSCE Biology · Animal Body Systems
Food, Nutrition, and the Digestive System
Food classes, balanced diet, the human digestive system, and digestive enzymes.
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- 1Food and nutrition: nutrient classes, balanced diets and deficiency diseases13 minFree13 minFree
- 2The alimentary canal: digestion, enzymes and absorption15 min Plan15 min Plan
- The alimentary canal
- Ingestion and digestion in the mouth
- The stomach
- The small intestine and digestive secretions
- Absorption and assimilation
- The large intestine and egestion
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