False, it is the first step in digestion.
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No - but the above is not true either, the small intestine comes after the stomach and mouth and digestion starts in the mouth.
After food is digested in the small intestine, it passes through to the rectum then anus, where the undigested food comes out as waste.
The small intestine is a part of the digestive tract, and is the next step after digestion in the stomach. Specifically, the small intestine is involved in digestion and absorption processes. It receives bile and pancreatic juices that aid in further digestion of material, and diffuses digested food through its thin walls and allows nutrients to move into the bloodstream to feed cells throughout the body.
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Saliva is needed for the initial step in the digestion process and the swallowing of food.
Chewing
The large intestines is where the final step of digestion takes place.
The large intestines is where the final step of digestion takes place.
by chewing
The small intestine further breaks-down partly digested food using its enzymes and enzymes from the pancreas. It then absorbs the nutrients from these foods and passes the nutrients on to the blood capillaries.
Production amylase
production of saliva
Saliva.