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As far as I know there is no digestion at all in the large intestine, only absorption.
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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 a large intestine a mechanical digestion?
Chewing is mechanical digestion.
Which organ in the digestive system is not involved in chemical or mechanical digestion?
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.
Where does most chemical digestion take place and nutrients are absorbed into the blood?
chemical digestion takes place in the small intestine large intestine,mouth and stomach. Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine and minerals in the large intestine.
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.
Does the large intestine use chemical or mechanical digestion?
The large intestine primarily absorbs water and electrolytes from undigested food, with little to no involvement in chemical or mechanical digestion. Its main role is to form and store feces before they are eliminated from 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.
In humans chemical digestion is accomplished by enzyme action that begins in the mouth and end in the?
Digestion ends in the large intestine.
What are the major body parts of chemical digestion?
the major part of the chemical digestion is the HCL (hydro chloric acid)
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.
