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Digestion

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vignette|Système digestif. La digestion est un mode de transformation mécanique et chimique des aliments en nutriments assimilables ou non par l'organisme. Par définition, la digestion est un processus présent chez tous les organismes hétérotrophes. Cette digestion se réalise dans un système digestif qui peut correspondre à une simple vacuole digestive d'une eubactérie, ou se spécialiser comme c'est le cas des mammifères ruminants (bovins, moutons, cervidés). La digestion peut aussi se définir comme étant la simplification moléculaire c’est-à-dire la transformation des macromolécules (molécules de grandes tailles) en micromolécules. Les modes de digestion chez les êtres vivants Humain Digestion humaine Des aliments aux nutriments : pour transformer les aliments en nutriments, il faut passer par une étape obligatoire : la digestion. Une première phase de la digestion est mécanique et buccale, les aliments étant préparés dans la bouche pour leur ingestion stomac

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