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Carbohydrate starch digestion begins here?
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Most chemical digestion occurs here?
The small intestine
Is the starch in potato is changed into simpler sugars by enzymes in the digestive system a chemical or physical?
Potatoes are mostly starch, a type of carbohydrate. Your stomach only initiates the digestion of proteins and does not digest carbohyrates or fats. When carbohydrates are digested, it occurs in the duodenum, the first portion of the small intestines. Here they undergo both chemical and physical changes. The digestion of carbohydrates begin in the mouth with the secretion of salivary amylase. The physcial digestion is considered to be mechanical at this point and is produced by chewing (masticating) your potatoes.
Where does carbohydrate digestion begin and how does this digestion occur?
Carbohydrate digestion starts with the mastication (chewing of the mouth). There, the salivary amylase begins to break down the carbs into monosaccharides. Protein digestion begins in the stomach. Pepsin comes into play here and various enzyme proteases do as well
What organ is the major site of chemical digestion of food?
The digestion (and indeed absorption) of all nutrients occurs in the small intestine. To be precise, it is the duodenum where much of the breaking down takes place. It is here where enzymes from the pancreas, as well as bile from the liver, and secreted, to aid the process of digestion.
Where does saliva digest?
Saliva digests carbohydrate. Saliva contains a carbohydrase enzyme called amylase, which breaks down carbohydrates. Amylase is also produced later on in the digestive system and so the amylase here is immaginatively termed salivary amylase.Saliva contains the enzyme amylase (here it is called called salivary amylase) which is responsible for part of the digestion of carbohydrates like starch.
When beets are digested and chemicals from them leave the body can there be burning?
Digestion is a chemical process; burning is not a very correct word here but is frequently used.
Chewing and churning are examples of what type of digestion?
Chewing is a mechanic digestion as i found out here on WikiAnswers. So i hope i have answered you question those of you who have needed this little bit of information x.what the heck are u talking about?
What is the difference of pH in the stomach and pH in the small intestine?
The stomach serves first as a receptacle for swallowed food. Second, it begins the chemical digestion of the food by bathing the food in acid, turning it into kind of mush. The small intestine is where the nutrients are absorbed from the food. Anything that is not absorbed into the bloodstream is considered waste and fiber. This is passed on to the large intestine where is is eventually eliminated.
What organ does the digestive system start at?
salivary glands, then esophogus, then stomach, (with help of pencreas, liver, and galbladder), then small intestine, then large intestine, and finally, the colon and anus. Taa-Daa! :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The mouth.
What type of chemical reaction takes place during digestion of food?
digestion of food starts in buccal cavity. saliva contain an enzyme "salivary amylase" or "phylin" which digest 30% carbohydrates into sugar.no digestion takes place in pharynx and oesophagus. food reaches into the stomach where gastric juice is secreted which consist of mucus, HCL and pepsin. pepsin break down protein into peptones.now the food enters into small intestine. here three juices are secreted - 1. bile juice - contains no enzyme for digestion but its bile salt play an important role in emulsification of fat. 2. pancreatic juice - it contains - pancreatic amylase - remaining carbohydrate gets digested into sugar , lipase - for digestion of fat into fatty acids and glycerol , trypsin - for digestion of peptones into amino acids. 3. intestinal juice - contains intestinal amylase for complete digestion of carbohydrates into glucose.the unabsorbed food is sent to large intestine where villi absorb water from the undigested food. the undigested food is then removed from the body via anus.
Can you explain how the gut is modified to assist digestion?
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