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Group 6: Outline the reasons for cellulose not being digested in the alimentary canal.

AIDA- about the alimentary canal and the parts of it. how steak or something can go through it and how the proteins and sodium are distributed throughout the body. and how the non useful stuff is signaled to be waste. etc., on the canal.

TAKARA- why cellulose can't be digested by a human. what happens to the cellulose we do digest through plants. why cows can digest it and we can't. what it's purpose is of being in our canal (to push out waste).

[] [] [] [] Imagine that you put one end of a hose in your mouth and kept threading it through until it came out of your butt. That's more or less what the alimentary canal is. You put food in one end of the tube and it's processed during its journey to the other end of the tube, where the waste material comes out. The alimentary canal consists of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine

cellulose is found in plants, so we do not necessarily "digest" it. we do take it in to our bodies through plants we may eat, but it is not used for anything. (when we eat steak, we use the amino acids, proteins, sugar, sodium, etc., whereas we don't use anything from cellulose). it only helps keep the body clean an allow for the body to easily get rid of waste. why don't we eat plants?/ why is this not essential for the human body?