Flow Chart: The Digestive Process in the Human Body
1. Masticating food in mouth and mixing with salivary amylase
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2. Swallowing food bolus through esophagus via peristalsis
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3. Churning food with hydrochloric acid and pepsin in stomach
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4. Emulsifying fats with liver bile and pancreatic enzymes in duodenum
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5. Absorbing micro-nutrients through small intestinal villi into blood
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6. Reabsorbing water in large intestine and eliminating waste