Digestion is cutting things down to a size in which they can be absorbed into the body. Digestion occurs in the gastrointestinal tract-the ,extending from mouth to anus. Whatever food is eaten it flows through this system,until it is absorbed through the intestinal tract. This is because the gastrointestinal tract functions like an internal skin and provides a barrier between whatever is ingested from the outside and internal bloodstream and cells. Part of the digestion process, then, is the selective transport of nutrients through the cell wall that lines your intestinal tract.