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Water and minerals are absorbed through the intestines. But some minerals like magnesium can be absorbed through the skin.
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Where is water absorbed in the body?
Water is primarily absorbed in two places: 1) during digestion, water is primarily absorbed in the small intestine (90%), the remaining water (10%) is absorbed by the large intestine. 2) during filtration of the blood in the kidneys, water is reabsorbed in the nephron hope that points you in the right direction.
What two things are absorbed by the root hair cell?
liquid (e.g. water) and minerals.
How are water and dissolved minerals from the soil absorbed into plants?
From the roots
Do minerals vitamins and water need to be digested?
No, minerals, vitamins and water do not need to be digested. The foods that contain them need to be. However, minerals, vitamins and water need to be absorbed by the body into the bloodstream.
Where is the digested food aborbed into the blood stream?
The food is not absorbed. The water, nutrients, minerals, and vitamins that are found in what we eat or drink are absorbed through the intestines. The food bulk is excreted from the body. Also, not drinking enough water causes chapped lips, a stuffy nose, and constipation.
Are insects composed of minerals?
All the living bodies composed of organic material and water but they also have minerals in their bodies absorbed by digestive system.
What two things are absorbed in the large intestine?
Water blood
How does salt get digested?
Digested molecules of food, as well as water and minerals from the diet, are absorbed from the cavity of the upper small intestine. The absorbed materials cross the mucosa into the blood, mainly, and are carried off in the bloodstream to other parts of the body for storage or further chemical change.
How is water transferred from the digestive tract to the kidney?
The water is absorbed by your digestive tract and transferred to your blood. From there the blood will carry the water to the kidneys.
Where do minerals absorbed?
the roots
What remaining amounts of water vitamins and minerals are absorbed in the?
Villi in the large intestine
What is scientific term which gives the process of transporting of water and minerals absorbed by roots through out the plant?
transpiration
