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Mechanical digestion is the breakdown of food through chewing, mixing, or churning. Mechanical digestion occurs in the mouth and stomach. The food is physically torn apart through the teeth, tongue, stomach contractions, etc. This is counterpart to chemical digestion, where acids and other enzymes chemically pull apart the food.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoChemical digestion is breaking food down with chemicals,for example with saliva which comes from the salivary glands
When the body breaks the food down itself
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∙ 11y agoIt involves the physical breakdown of food into small particals.
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∙ 14y agoPurely mechanical digestion would increase the surface area that the digestive juices (acids and enzymes) can work upon. Basically, it speeds up the chemical digestion.
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∙ 11y agoNo, mechanical digestion occurs with mastication in the mouth and the churning of the stomach. Chemical digestion involves enzymes.
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∙ 12y agoYour teeth, stomach, and esophagus
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∙ 13y agoMastication.....chewing.
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∙ 11y agoMainly Tooth,stomach also involved
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What happens in the other part of the digestive tract that doesnt do digestion?
All parts of the digestive system take part in digestion, except perhaps your oesophagus. Oesophagus is anatomical need of the body and there also the digestion of sugar takes place.
Is the epiglottis a organ?
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The esophagus is part of the?
The system that the esophagus belongs to is the Digestive System. This system is also referred to as the Alimentary Canal.
Which organ system contains the salivary gland?
The salivary glands belong to the gastrointestinal system...
What body system is the anus a part of?
The anus belongs to the digestive system because, it is apart of your colon which is in the GI tract (gastro-intesntine tract).
Do the small intestines perform chemical or mechanical digestion?
The only mechanic part of the digestive system of animals are the mouth/teeth or the crop in animals with no teeth.
What happens to food in mechanical digestion?
No mechanical changes take place while food is being digested. However a couple mechanical processes happen to aid digestion. The first of these is the chewing or grinding of the food in the mouth and the second of them is the peristaltic contractions of the muscles of the digestive system to churn up the food with the digestive juices and move it though the intestines.
In which part of the digestive system does the least amount of digestion occur?
esophagus
What happens in the other part of the digestive tract that doesnt do digestion?
All parts of the digestive system take part in digestion, except perhaps your oesophagus. Oesophagus is anatomical need of the body and there also the digestion of sugar takes place.
What part of the digestive system where most digestion of food takes places?
small intestine
What part do muscle in digestion?
Peristalsis - the moving of food along through the digestive system.
What type of change that occurs in mechanical digestion?
By definition mechanical digestion is a physical part of digestion.
What is the main reason you use a mouth?
Mechanical and chemical digestion. This is the first part of the digestive system. Humans in specific also use it to formulate words. Although that's really just the tongue.
What does mechanical digestion stand for?
Mechanical digestion stands for the break down of food by chewing. Mechanical digestion is the physical part of the digestion process of the human body.
What is the first part of mechanical digestion called?
Chewing is the first process in mechanical digestion.
What body system is the liver part of?
The body system that the liver is a part of is the digestive system. The liver produces bile, which aids in digestion by emulsifying fats.
What part of digestion involves a physical change?
mechanical digestion
