Assertion: digestive system | /r/CapableOf | break down food
Facets:
value: for the nutrients
type: PURPOSE
value: into vitamins
type: OTHER
value: into nutrients
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: through mechanical and chemical means
type: MANNER
value: into a useful form
type: OTHER
value: into simple chemicals
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The digestive system is the group of organs that break down food in order to absorb its nutrients.
text: Your digestive system breaks down the food you eat into nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
text: It breaks down food into simple chemicals that can be absorbed into the blood stream.
text: The digestive system breaks down and handles food.
text: The digestive system breaks down food so that it can become energy for the body.
text: Because the digestive system breaks down food and uses muscular contractions to move food through the digestive tract, it needs oxygen to function properly.
text: The digestive system breaks down food into a useful form through mechanical and chemical means.
text: The digestive system breaks down food for the nutrients the body needs, and then the excretory system, which includes the urinary system, gets rid of waste.
text: The digestive system breaks down food into vitamins and nutrients for the circulatory system to move them around the body.
text: Generally speaking, the digestive system breaks down food that is consumed.