Digestion
Digestion involves the breakdown of large food molecules into small ones.
Most of it is done by enzymes in the gut.
Some foods require special pre-treatment like chewing or emulsification, to break large gobs into small ones that the enzymes can surround and break down.
Because different steps are required, the gut is divided into specialized segments to perform these steps one after the other.
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