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Unit 10: Gastrointestinal system physiology and disease

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Do you live to eat, or eat to live? Either way, no one can deny the importance of food and water in our everyday lives. The energy from food is carefully extracted through ingestion, digestion, and absorption, and requires one long tube with some organs attached. Go ahead and grab a bite to eat before we get started…