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.
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.
As far as I know there is no digestion at all in the large intestine, only absorption.
small intestine
chemical
The small intestine completes the process of chemical digestion.
Chewing is mechanical 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.
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.
no. it is an organ.
chemical break down
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.
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.