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0654.B7.2.02 — Describe the functions of the organs of the digestive system listed in 7.2.1, in relation to: (a). ingestion – the taking of substances, e.g: past paper questions

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  1. 0973/31 · May/June 2026 · Q2d[1]

    Not all food ingested is digested and absorbed. Name the process which is the removal of undigested food from the human body.

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  2. 0973/31 · October/November 2023 · Q7c[2]

    The statements describe some processes that occur in the alimentary canal. Place ticks (✓) to show all the statements that describe the process of absorption. food molecules are broken down so they become soluble food molecules become part of cells food molecules cross the wall of the small intestine food molecules ent...

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  3. 0973/41 · October/November 2023 · Q7b[2]

    State two parts of the alimentary canal which secrete amylase.

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  4. 0973/41 · October/November 2021 · Q7a(ii)[2]

    Describe how villi aid the process of digestion.

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  5. 0973/32 · May/June 2021 · Q10a(ii)[3]

    Different processes occur in the alimentary canal. Complete Table 10.1 using words from the list in (a)(i). Table 10.1 process one part of the alimentary canal where process occurs ingestion egestion mechanical digestion

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  6. 0973/32 · May/June 2021 · Q10c[2]

    The boxes contain the beginnings and the endings of some sentences. Join one sentence beginning to one sentence ending to define the term assimilation. beginning ending Assimilation is the movement of digested food molecules into the cells of the body where they are excreted, becoming part of the faeces. Assimilation i...

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What examiners said

The majority of candidates gave the answer of the pancreas for one part of the alimentary canal that secretes amylase. Another part of the alimentary canal that secretes amylase was not well known with vague answers such as the mouth, the stomach and oesophagus seen.

— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0973/41 Q7(b) (Cambridge)

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