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Is the large intestine mechanical digestion or chemical?

The large intestine is mechanical digestion; it absorbs water and is involved in peristalsis. It has nothing to do with enzymes, which is chemical digestion.


Is the large intestine chemical or mechanical?

The large intestine is mechanical digestion; it absorbs water and is involved in peristalsis. It has nothing to do with enzymes, which is chemical digestion.


Is the large Intestine a mechanical or a chemical digestion?

As far as I know there is no digestion at all in the large intestine, only absorption.


Which organ in the digestive system is not involved in chemical or mechanical digestion?

small intestine


What are the mechanical processes of digestion?

The mechanical digestion processes in the large intestine is commonly referred to as peristalsis. The colon is the last stop in the digestive system and this where liquids are extracted from non-nutritive food waste before excretion.


Is the small intestines chemical or mechanical?

The small intestine completes the process of chemical digestion.


Is a small intestine a mechanical or chemical digestion?

chemical


How is machanicle digestion different for cheminal digestion?

mechanical digestion is with your teeth , chemical digestion is in your stomach and small intestine.


Does the small intestine have mechanical or chemical digestion?

Yes, in part. Chemical digestion occurs in the mouth (saliva), stomach (gastric acid) and small intestine. The nutrients are mostly absorbed in the walls (lining) of the small intestine.


What are the organs of the digestion in order that the food passes through?

Food passes through the following organs in order during the process of digestion: mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. Each organ plays a specific role in breaking down the food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body.


Why Digestion does not occur in large intestine?

Minor fiber digestion by bacteria goes on in the large intestine, and water is absorbed, but no major lipid/protein/carbohydrate digestion occurs. All of that goes on higher up in the system.


What do the large and small do for your digestive system?

The large intestine absorbs water, and the small intestine uses small finger like things called villi take the nutrients and take it through the small intestine's wall throughout your body. Both have chemical digestion and small intestion has mechanical digestion.