question_answer 6)

Fill in the blanks. (a) The main steps of nutrition in humans are …………, …………, ……………, …………….., and ……………… . (b) The largest gland in the human body is …………………….. . (c) The stomach releases hydrochloric acid and ……………….. juices which act on food. (d) The inner wall of the small intestine has many finger-like outgrowths called ……………….. . (e) Amoeba digests its food in the ……………………….. .  

Answer:

(a) The main steps of nutrition in humans are ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and egestion. (b) The largest gland in the human body is liver. (c) The stomach releases hydrocholoric acid and digestive juices which act on food. (d) The inner wall of the small intestine has many finger-like outgrowths called villi.