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Chemical Digestion (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Co-ordinated Sciences (Double Award)): Revision Note

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Chemical Digestion

  • Food taken into the body goes through 5 different stages during its passage through the alimentary canal

    • One of these is chemical digestion

  • Chemical digestion is the breakdown of large, insoluble molecules into small, soluble molecules

  •  The role of chemical digestion is to produce small soluble molecules that can be absorbed

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