NUTRITION 381 



Course of digested food. 



Digestive organs to 



Blood stream (osmosis). 



Through capillary walls. 



Into lymph spaces (osmosis). 



Built into cell substance. 



Blood transports food, etc., to tissues via capillaries. 

 Lymph transports foods, etc., to cells after leaving the capillaries. 

 Nutritive processes Where performed. 



1. Food-getting, preparation 



2. Digestion. Mouth, stomach, intestine. 



3. Absorption. Stomach, small intestine by capil- 



laries and lacteals. 



4. Assimilation. In all living cells. 



