What is the main function of digestion?

Digestion breaks food into smaller molecules and nutrients that the body can absorb and use for energy, growth, and repair. Transporting oxygen and pumping blood are functions of the circulatory system, while absorbing salts through villi is only one specific process in the digestive system. The correct choice is “breaking down food into forms that the body can use.”

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