Essential Nutrients for Human Survival
📌 A balanced diet requires consuming all food groups in the correct proportions to obtain essential nutrients.
⚡ Carbohydrates (e.g., rice, pasta) supply energy for respiration in cells.
💪 Proteins (e.g., fish, meat) are vital for growth and repair of tissues.
🦴 Vitamin D aids calcium absorption necessary for strong bones and teeth; deficiency causes rickets.

Vitamins, Minerals, and Fiber
🍊 Vitamin C maintains healthy skin and gums; deficiency leads to scurvy (wounds not healing, excessive bleeding).
🩸 Iron is required to make hemoglobin in red blood cells, which transports oxygen.
💧 Water is crucial for chemical reactions taking place within cells and can be obtained from drinks and food.
🥬 Fiber (roughage) assists the movement of food through the stomach and intestines, found in fruits and vegetables.

The Digestive System Overview and Processes
🔍 The primary role of the digestive system is to break down large insoluble molecules into smaller soluble food molecules to provide nutrients.
➡️ The elementary canal includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus.
🔄 Key processes include ingestion (taking food in), digestion (breakdown), absorption (nutrients into blood), assimilation (nutrients used by cells), and egestion (removal of undigested food).

Physical Digestion Mechanisms
🦷 Physical digestion increases the surface area of food for enzyme action without chemical change.
👅 Physical digestion is primarily carried out by teeth (incisors for cutting, canines for tearing, molars for grinding) in the mouth.
🌊 The stomach walls squeeze the food, liquefying it by mixing it with digestive juices.
🟢 Bile, produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder, performs physical digestion via emulsification, breaking large fat drops into smaller ones in the duodenum.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ Ensure adequate intake of Vitamin D to prevent rickets by consuming dairy, fish oil, or eggs.
➡️ Bile's emulsification process significantly increases the surface area for subsequent chemical digestion of fats.
➡️ Human dentition is specialized: incisors for cutting, canines for tearing, and molars for grinding.
➡️ The function of the digestive system culminates in absorption (intestines to blood) followed by assimilation (blood to cells).

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