How does the body use food and water?

When you digest food, the nutrients become water-soluble and then enter the circulatory system, borne on blood that is 92 percent water. As your body produces cell waste, your body’s water-based fluids move the waste from cells, and lubricate the kidneys to cleanse the body of toxins.

What body functions use water?

Water: Essential to your body

  • Regulates body temperature.
  • Moistens tissues in the eyes, nose and mouth.
  • Protects body organs and tissues.
  • Carries nutrients and oxygen to cells.
  • Lubricates joints.
  • Lessens burden the on kidneys and liver by flushing out waste products.

What are the 4 functions of water in the body?

Uses of water in the human body can be loosely categorized into four basic functions: transportation vehicle, medium for chemical reactions, lubricant/shock absorber, and temperature regulator. Water has been termed the “universal solvent” because more substances dissolve in it than any other fluid.

What body systems use food?

(1) Digestive System gets nutrients (good) from food and hands it over to the blood and Circulatory System then carries those nutrients where they need to go. (2) Filters out waste from food and pushes it through intestines and out the body (and you know how and where it gets out).

What body systems are involved with food?

Digestive and muscular systems would be working together to chew food and work it down to the stomach to be digested. The digestive system and circulatory circulatory system would be working together to break food down and move nutrients to cells. The nervous system decides what to eat and when to chew.

What are the five uses of water?

The most common water uses include:

  • Drinking and Household Needs.
  • Recreation.
  • Industry and Commerce.
  • Agriculture.
  • Thermoelectricity/Energy.

What are the food sources of water?

Here are 10 foods high in water:

  • Cucumber. Because it is 95% water, one serving of cucumber has only 8 calories.
  • Tomatoes. Tomatoes are a rich source of water as one cup of sliced raw tomato contains 170.14 g of water.
  • Watercress.
  • Apples.
  • Celery.
  • Lettuce.
  • Watermelon.
  • Peaches.

What is the 10 uses of water?

10 uses of water in our daily life include:

  • Drinking.
  • Bathing.
  • Cooking.
  • Cleaning dishes.
  • Washing clothes.
  • Watering plants.
  • Cleaning fruits.
  • Cleaning vegetables.

How does the body process food?

As food passes through the GI tract, it mixes with digestive juices, causing large molecules of food to break down into smaller molecules. The body then absorbs these smaller molecules through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream, which delivers them to the rest of the body.