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Chemical Digestion
Big food molecules are too large to absorb.
Enzymes
chop each type down to its absorbable building blocks. Tap a nutrient to follow its breakdown.
Carbohydrates
Chemical digestion
polymers → monomers
The nutrients
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Chemical Digestion — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
