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It depends if you eat a lot in a little amount of time, normally 20 to 25 minutes if you eat a lot, but 10 to 15 if you don't eat too many snacks in one amount of time.
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How long does the acid in the stomach break down the food?
3-4 hours
What are 2 ways food is broken down in the stomach?
The stomach is a sac shaped like a "j" and is about eight inches long. In the stomach, food is mixed with acids. The muscles in the stomach move, which helps break down the food. The stomach is protected from the acid by a lining. From the stomach, the food pulp is sent to the small intestine. Food leaves the stomach a little bit at a time.
When you die how long does the food stay in the stomach?
When you die, the food in your stomach continues to break down because of the stomach acid that is inside the stomach at the time of death. Once the acid has neutralized, the food will no longer be digested. This takes about 24 hours.
What does your stomach do to your food what you eat?
mixes it with hydrochloric acid and various digestive enzymeschurns and agitates the mixtureholds the mixture long enough for the acid and enzymes to break down much of the food
What is the salivary gland's job?
there job is to produce saliva to help chemically break down your food. it would take a long time to break down all of your food without the salivary glands help. your food has to be broken down really good before it can travel to your stomach and go through the small/large intestine and out your back door....
How Long does a stay in its mothers stomach?
Koalas are never inside their mother's stomach. The stomach is a digestive organ, and is only used to break food down into nutrients.However, koalas stay inside the WOMB for 30-35 days before being born.
How long does a koala stay in its mothers stomach?
Koalas are never inside their mother's stomach. The stomach is a digestive organ, and is only used to break food down into nutrients.However, koalas stay inside the WOMB for 30-35 days before being born.
What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food of your throat down to your stomach?
Esophagus
What is the function of the stomach in a crayfish?
Chitinous teeth aid in food digestion by helping to further break down food to smaller particles.
Is the stomach part of the digestive system that is 7 meters long and helps to extract nutrients from food or the small intestine?
small intestines. ANSWER Your stomach is part of your digestive system. The main function of it is to store food, break it down and begin some absorption. It is not part of the small intestines which is 7 meters long and absorbs nutrients.
What are the Similarities and Differences between stomach and esophagus?
Both have food that passes through it. The esophagus is a long narrow tube that pushes down food to the stomach. The stomach is a muscle covered sac that continuously churns food
What is the name of the long pipe that shift food from the back of your throat down your stomach?
your tounge i does believe
