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How much time does it take for food get from your mouth to your stomach?
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∙ 15y ago
It takes about a millionth of a second because your tongue has more nerve ending than any other muscle in your body. You will notice you actually do taste something the moment it touches your tongue. Hope i helped :)
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∙ 14y ago
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How long does it take for food to get from the mouth to the stomach?
It takes 7 seconds to get to from the mouth to the stomach!It takes approximately seven seconds. Chew slowly!It usually takes a few minutes for the food to get to your stomach. But the digestion process is much longer. For instance, a cheeseburger may get to your stomach within 6-10 Minutes, but it will take 24 Hours to digest the whole thing.
How could food reach the stomach?
How does blood enter the stomach to the heart, which route does it take?
Type of digestion that takes place in the mouth and stomach?
Both chemical and mechanical digestion take place in the mouth and stomach. The organs both break food into smaller parts, and use enzymes to break down food chemically.
Why would it take several hours for food to get from the mouth to the stomach?
It wouldn't... It only takes around 4~5 seconds for the food to go down the eosophagus.
When does chemical digestion take place?
Starts in the mouth when you start chewing food and mixes with saliva. Also in stomach by gastric acids.
A part of the digestive system between the mouth and the stomach?
The esophagus which is also known as the gullet.throatesophagusesophagus is a tube which take the food from pharynx and pas it to a stomachThe "tube" that carries food from your throat to your stomach is called your esophagus.gullet i thinkEsophagus allows food to travel from mouth to stomach.The esophagus is a tube like organ through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach.The tube leading to the stomach is known as the esophagusis the esophagusIts the esophagus.It is called ESOPHAGUS.Your esophagus.The esophagus.the esophagusesophagusesophagusesophagusEsophagusesophagusThe organ you are referring to is called the esophagus. It is the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.I think it's Esophagus
Hamster take much food in mouth?
Hamsters have very large cheek pouches for storing food for later.
How does digestion take place in your mouth?
Chemical Digestion takes place in your mouth Because you have to make it softer by chewing it. While you chew it, your saliva (your spit) breaks it down even smaller! By then, it will be small enough to go to your stomach. Because your stomach can't chew your food.
What is the path that food would take through a fetal pig?
The path that food would take through the digestive system of a fetal pig begins with taking food in via the mouth. It then passes from the mouth to the esophagus, the stomach, the small and large intestines and then the rectum, before finally being expelled from the body through the anus.
When does mechanical digestion take place?
Mostly in the mouth (mastication) and the stomach.
What part of the body doesmost chemical digestion take place?
In your stomach. In mouth, stomach and small intestine.
What are the Organs where mechanical digestion take place?
There is the small intestine, stomach, and the mouth, and that is all that i can think of. Hope this answer helps you people out there looking for three of the organs for mechanical digestion. But if not....... well that sucks for you.
