In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream. Digestion is a form of catabolism that is often divided into two processes based on how food is broken down: mechanical and chemical digestion. The term mechanical digestion refers to the physical breakdown of large pieces of food into smaller pieces which can subsequently be accessed by digestive enzymes.
shibboleth (plural shibboleths) 1  A word, especially seen as a test, to distinguish someone as belonging to a particular nation, class, profession etc. 2  A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth. It's about time we abandoned the bourgeois shibboleth that earning money makes you a better person.
Gabbro is a coarse-grained and usually dark-colored igneous rock. Gabbro is an intrusive rock. It means that it formed as magma cooled slowly in the crust. Igneous rocks with similar composition are basalt (extrusive equivalent of gabbro) and diabase (the same rock type could be named dolerite or microgabbro instead).The most important mineral groups that make up gabbro are plagioclase and pyroxene.Gabbroâ in the strict sense of the term is an intrusive rock that is chiefly composed of monoclinic pyroxene (clinopyroxene, abbreviated Cpx) and plagioclase. If more than 5% of Cpx is replaced with orthorhombic pyroxene (orthopyroxene, abbreviated Opx), the rock is named gabbronorite.