0
The small intestine
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Chemical digestion of carbohydrates begins here?
mouth
Chewing and churning are examples of what type of digestion?
Chewing is a mechanic digestion as i found out here on WikiAnswers. So i hope i have answered you question those of you who have needed this little bit of information x.what the heck are u talking about?
Which transformation occurs when eating an apple?
Type your answer here... chemical to kinetic
Is the starch in potato is changed into simpler sugars by enzymes in the digestive system a chemical or physical?
Potatoes are mostly starch, a type of carbohydrate. Your stomach only initiates the digestion of proteins and does not digest carbohyrates or fats. When carbohydrates are digested, it occurs in the duodenum, the first portion of the small intestines. Here they undergo both chemical and physical changes. The digestion of carbohydrates begin in the mouth with the secretion of salivary amylase. The physcial digestion is considered to be mechanical at this point and is produced by chewing (masticating) your potatoes.
How is the muscular system involved in digestion?
When food is ingested in the mouth, it is propelled towards the stomach then to intestines and to the anus by peristaltic movement of the muscles. Without muscles, digestion will take couple of days to occur. Food is propelled slowly through small and big intestine as most of the absorption of food occurs here.
When beets are digested and chemicals from them leave the body can there be burning?
Digestion is a chemical process; burning is not a very correct word here but is frequently used.
Can you explain how the gut is modified to assist digestion?
Type your answer here... can you how the gut is modified to assist digestion
The mesophyll layer of leaves is important to plants because?
most of the photosynthesis occurs here
What happens to a cheese sandwich that was eaten for lunch from the time it enters the mouth until it leaves the body at the anus?
the cheese sandwich first undergoes mechanical (chewing) and chemical (break down of starch by salivary amylase) digestion, then is made into a bolus (ball of food) and swallowed. The bolus then travels down the oesophagus into the stomach, where more chemical digestion occurs. From here, it is transported into the small intestine, where soluable substances are absorbed into the bloodstream, then what is left travels into the large intestine, where all water is absorbed into the bloodstream. What is left then is excreted out of the body through the anus as faeces.
What organ is the major site of chemical digestion of food?
The digestion (and indeed absorption) of all nutrients occurs in the small intestine. To be precise, it is the duodenum where much of the breaking down takes place. It is here where enzymes from the pancreas, as well as bile from the liver, and secreted, to aid the process of digestion.
What are the chemical reactions with hydrogen?
Hydrogen undergoes innumerable chemical reactions. Here is the most familiar: 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O
What is the scientific term for digestion beings here?
mastication
