Function of the digestive

• Intake of food and drink


  Ingestion
• Break down of ingested material


  digestion
• Production and release of fluids and enzymes associated with digestive activity


  secretion
• Mixing with secretions and moving through digestive system


  mixing and propulsion
• Absorbing nutrients in ingested material into the blood


  absorption
• Elimination of wastes via fecal material

  excretion