The digestive system breaks down food into smaller molecules through digestion and then absorbs these molecules into the bloodstream. It breaks down steak by digesting it into smaller molecules before the body can absorb them. The two main functions of the digestive system are digestion, which breaks down food molecules, and absorption, which takes the small molecules and absorbs them into the bloodstream.

1. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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2. STATION 2: DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Example: Digestion of Steak
Steak must be broken down
into smaller molecules before it
can be absorbed by the body!
The function of the digestive system is:
1) DIGESTION – breaking down food
molecules into very small molecules
2) ABSORPTION – absorbing the small
molecules into our bloodstream