ACTIVITY 2 Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct word/words to complete each sentence in the paragraph.

Digestion starts when food is taken into the (1) ________. This is the process called (2)_________. As you chew, you are breaking the food into small pieces with the aid of digestive enzymes as a means of mechanical breakdown. The broken-down food undergoes chemical breakdown in the (3)________ then absorbed into the bloodstream from the small intestine in the phase called (4)_______ The nutrients are carried to each cell in the body during the phase of assimilation. The undigested parts of the food that were not absorbed by the body are eliminated as feces. This phase is called (5)_______​