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Mechanical Digestion
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Name one structure involved in the physical breakdown of food?
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What is the physical change in food when it enters the esophagus?
the physical change in the change in food when the enters esophagus is when it has a chemical breakdown in your mouth with a mechanical breakdown the chemical breakdown is when your salivia is making the food moist the mechanical is when you chew the food so it easier for it to enter the esophagus and so the salivia can get it moist then your esophagus uses muscles to push the food down into your stomache
Is the breakdown of food into usable units through physical and chemical changes?
metabolism
When does the physical breakdown of food begins?
In the mouth of course, because you have to chew it ( mechincally) to have it go down easier
What is the breakdown of food without the use of oxygen?
The breakdown of food without the use of oxygen is fermentation.
Does the large intestine breakdown food?
No. Most of the breakdown of food is done by the small intestine.
Is the breakdown of food?
me
The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means?
The process of the breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces by physical means is called mechanical weathering.
How does food change in the mouth?
Physically is is chewed (so this is a purely physical breakdown). CHemically it reacts with the amylase in saliva and is broken down further.
Two anatomic regions involved in the mechanical breakdown of food?
The process begins when you chew, that is the first physical breakdown which happens alongwith chemical breakdown with the help of the saliva. the other happens in your stomach, where the food is broken down to form a semi liquid type of substance.
Begins mechanical breakdown of food through?
Chewing begins mechanical breakdown of food through mastication
What is the breakdown of large food molecules into smaller molecules colled?
Physical digestion is the term for breaking down large food molecules into small molecules. Mechanical digestion and physical digestion mean the same thing.
