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Although chemical digestion occurs throughout the digestive system it mostly occurs in the?
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The stomach and the small intestine are the most important part for digestion. You CAN NOT live without a small intestine, since most nutrients are also absorbed from there also.
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Are digestive enzymes necessary for mechanical digestion?
The gastrointestinal tract uses both chemical and mechanical digestion.
What are two phases of the digestive process?
mechanical grinding of food, chemical break down
What is the name of the organ in the digestive system where the chemical breakdown of food primarily occurs?
Some chemical digestion of carbohydrates occurs in the mouth with salivary amylase. Most chemical digestion occurs in the duodenum of the small intestine.
What is the system that breaks down and absorbs food?
The first task of the digestive system is to break down food into a fine pulp (mechanical digestion). When the food is physically broken down, digestive chemicals break the food down into small molecules (chemical digestion). The mouth is the organ in which the process of digestion begins.(Google)
What part of the digestive system do the mechanical digestion?
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.
Is hydrolysis the same as digestion?
Hydrolysis is one chemical process that accomplishes chemical digestion. There are other chemical and mechanical digestive processes.
What are the Chemical changes that occur in digestive system?
there's digestion,, the stomache breaks down matter into other substances
Which digestive enzyme begins chemical digestion of protein?
Protease
Are digestive enzymes necessary for mechanical digestion?
The gastrointestinal tract uses both chemical and mechanical digestion.
How do the juices and enzymes facilities digestion?
Digestive juices and enzymes break down food through chemical digestion.
Why is mechanical digestion important for proper chemical digestion?
Mechanical digestion chops the food in to smaller pieces, thus exposing more of it to the enzymes of the chemical digestion.Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth by the teeth, tongue and saliva. Mechanical digestion is important for chemical digestion because when food is broken down into smaller particles by mechanical means, chemical digestion will be more efficient.
The digestive system processes food into usable and unusable materials by what type of digestion?
The digestive system processes food into usable and unusable materials by chemical digestion. The usable materials are transported via the cells throughout the body while the unusable materials are sent to the large intestine where it waits to be disposed of.
What is the evidence of chemical digestion?
when you intake a chemical through your digestive system, it will later turn up in your bloodstream.
The breaking down of chemical bonds in nutrients by digestive enzymes is called?
digestion
Which parts of the digestive system aid in chemical digestion?
Is the stomach but begins in the mouth.
The digestive system has two major contributing components. What are they?
mechanical and chemical digestion
Where does mechanical digestion and chemical digestion occur along the digestive tract?
Mechanical Digestion happens in the mouth where your food is physically broken down. Chemical digestion happens in your intestines, where enzymes break down and absorb nutirients
