Digestion

From Vore

[edit] Digestion

Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breaking down of food into smaller components, to a form that can be absorbed, for instance, by a blood stream. Digestion is a form of catabolism.

In mammals, food enters the mouth, being chewed by teeth, and broken down by the saliva from the salivary glands. Then it travels down the esophagus into the stomach, where acid begins physical break down of some food, and chemical alteration of some. The "leftovers" go through the small intestine, through the large intestine, and are excreted during defecation.

Other organisms use different mechanisms to digest food.

In vore, digestion adds to the dominant and submissive roles. Though mostly fatal, it can be non-fatal in a "reforming" situation.