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Digestive juices and enzymes break down food through chemical digestion.
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Is digestion carried out by enzymes?
yes,digestion is carried out by enzymes like gastric juices sch as pepsin.
What structure secretes saliva gastric juices and other substances used in digestion?
enzymes
Digestive juices in the digestive tract include?
Mechanical digestion is the same thing as chewing, or mastication. It does not need any digestive juices, because that is considered chemical digestion. Chemical digestion in the mouth during chewing is mainly by the aid of saliva which has, among other enzymes, salivary amylase which initiates carbohydrate digestion.
What gastric juice contains?
The stomach contains gastric juices for chemical digestion.
Does breast milk contains enzymes that help digest food?
No, because digestive juices, though relatively mild in an infant's stomach, should be what aid digestion, not enzymes in breast milk.
What is breaking down of food by the action of enzymes?
Digestive juices and enzymes break down the complex food materials into simpler compounds and that is how they facilitate in digestion.
Muscular waves in the stomach mix and churn the contents of a meal with?
The contents of a meal in the stomach is mixed and churned during digestion. Aiding in the digestion process along with the muscular waves, are acids and enzymes.
Does the appendix and kidneys add juices to help digestion?
Ffs juices?
Does the salivary glands produce juices in the mouth?
Yes. It is called saliva and contains watery juice and mucus plus enzymes that begin carbohydrate digestion and a weak antibiotic.
What stores digestion juices until they are needed by the small intestine?
There are several digestion juices, starting with saliva in the mouth, but the digestion juice released into the small intestine is bile which is stored in the gall bladder.
Which enzymes found in gastric juices?
Pepsin
Where does most digestion happen and why?
Digestion starts in the mouth by chewing but most of the digestion is in the stomach where digestive juices are located.
