Urwego rwo kugaburira inyama n'amagufwa ni intungamubiri zikungahaye kuri poroteyine zikomoka ku bicuruzwa byatanzwe mu nyama z'inka, ingurube, n'andi masoko.Ihingurwa no guteka no gusya inyama n'amagufa mubushyuhe bwinshi kugirango ukureho ibinure n'ibinure.
Urwego rwo kugaburira inyama n'amagufa rurimo proteine nyinshi, aside amine ya ngombwa, imyunyu ngugu, na vitamine, bigatuma iba inyongera y'ibiryo by'amatungo.Bikunze gukoreshwa mubworozi, inkoko, hamwe nibiryo byamatungo kugirango byongere imirire kandi biteze imbere no gutera imbere.