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No. The stomach absorbs no food, but rather breaks it down into smaller pieces via mechanical digestion and chemical digestion. Long story short, once it travels into the jejunum and the ileum (aka the small intestine) then nutrients are absorbed.
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∙ 9y agoNo. The bulk of absorption takes place in the intestines.
No, barely any absorption occurs in the stomach. Most of it occurs in the small intestine. The stomach is all about breaking down the food into a liquid, called chyme [kahym]. It does this by churning the food in the stomach fluid with involuntary muscles (muscles that work automatically). This is called mechanical digestion, when food is physically broken down. The stomach's fluid is mainly made up of pepsin, which chemically breaks down proteins in your food, and hydrochloric acid, which kills harmful bacteria that could be in your food. Pepsin works best in an acid environment. What the hydrochloric acid and pepsin do is called chemical digestion, when food is digested with chemicals.
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What role does the esophagus play in the digestion system?
it sends broken down food to the stomach for digestion
What are major organs for digestion?
Liver, pancreas, intestines, stomach.
What role does stomach acid play in digestion?
Hydrochloric acid Hydrochloric acid
What is the main role of acid in stomach?
It is to break down food and prepare it for digestion.
Which best describes the role of the esophagus in the digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What role does the esophagus play in the digestion of food?
It carries the food from your mouth to your stomach
Which best described the role of the esophagus in digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
Which describes the best role of the esophagus in digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What is role of stomach during digestion?
The stomach serves too major roles in digestion. It is a place where chemical digestion takes place with stomach acid helping to break down food. It is also a place where mechanical digestion takes place. The stomach muscles expand and contract to crush and grind food.
The organ that is the first major site chemical digestion?
The first major site of chemical digestion in frog is their stomach
What is the role of the non striated muscle in the stomach?
The role of non-striated muscles in the stomach is to churn foods for digestion. Non-striated muscles are smooth and have involuntary movement.
What is major Organs?
The major organs that help in digestion are small intestine and to some extent stomach and mouth.
