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Name the part of the alimentary canal where major of absorption of digested food takes place. What are the absorbed forms of different kinds of food materials ?

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Ileum (in small intestine) is the main place for absorption for digested nutrients. The process of digestion completes here only and end products of digestion are absorbed by mucosa and mixes with blood flow.
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