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Food reaches to the stomach by going down the esophagus.
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What happens along the canal from food entering till it reaches the stomach?
Peristalsis. Food is actively moved (down) to the stomach.
Which best describes food when it reaches the stomach?
The polysaccharides have been broken down.
How does food get in your stomach?
by going down the gullet(oesophagus)
How does the stomach digests food?
The stomach digests the food by moving and making it into acid.
What breaks food down after it reaches the stomach?
Enzymes break down large food molecules into more useful nutrients. In the stomach, this is carried out by the enzyme pepsin. This is a protease, so it will digest proteins into amino acids.
What the different ways your body digests food?
The enzyme break it down along the way. And when it reaches the stomach it will be digested too.
What does the stomach do to your food?
The stomach breaks down your food. When you swallow your food, it lands in the stomach. It is broken down by stomach acids and moved into the intestines.
What is it called when food is going down the esophagus?
The chewed up lump of food is known as a bolus.
What does food travel through on its way to the stomach?
It travels down our esophagus, which is basically a long wide tube that has muscles the whole way down it for pushing food towards our stomach. When we vomit, these muscles work in reverse to push stomach contents back upward.
Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
What breaks down food in your body?
Your stomach
How does your stormach work?
stomach turns, constantly moving the acid in it. Acid breaks down the food to be absorbed into the stomach walls. Whatever doesn't get absorded keeps going down the line.
