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Type of digestion that involves using enzymes and other body acid to break food down into smaller molecules?
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∙ 13y ago
Mechanical digestion is the physical mashing and pulling apart of food like chewing your food. Chemical digestion uses acids and enzymes to chemically break down the food until it is small enough to be absorbed through the wall of the small intestine.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe are two types of digestion: chemical and mechanical. Enzymes are examples of chemical digestion. The use of teeth to break down food is an example of mechanical digestion.
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∙ 10y agomechanical digestion, digestive system, and chemical digestion
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∙ 14y agoMechanical digestion is the process of chewing and breaking the food into smaller pieces. Chemical digestion is the process of the enzymes changing the food into simpler substances.
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∙ 13y agochemical breakdown
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Breaking large molecules down into smaller molecules?
Enzymes
What process uses enzymes to breakdown large molecules to smaller absorbable molecules?
chemical digestion
Which process breaks down large food molecules into smaller molecules using enzymes?
Chemical digestion
What stage of metabolism involves the digestion of large food polymers?
Degradation and some oxidation to smaller molecules
What is breaking down of food by the action of enzymes?
Digestive juices and enzymes break down the complex food materials into simpler compounds and that is how they facilitate in digestion.
How do cells get the proteins they need from foods?
enzymes breaks down food proteins into smaller molecules that can be carried by blood
How do cells get proteins they need from food?
Enzymes break down food proteins into smaller molecules that can be carried by blood.During digestion protiens, which are chains of amino acids, are broken down into smaller chains. This is done so that the amino acids can be synthesized in the body.
What happens to the small molecules in digestion?
they get smaller
How An Enzyme Can Be Used In Digestion Breaking A Larger Reactant Down Into Smaller Products.?
All digestive enzymes are hydrolases which use molecule of water and break large molecules by hydrolysis in smaller ones .
What process breaks down the complex molecules of food into smaller molecules?
Digestion.
What is the breakdown of large molecules into smaller ones be absorbed by the cells called?
Digestion is the breakdown of large food molecules into smaller molecules. The digested molecules are then absorbed into the bloodstream to be transported to the different parts of the body.
What is the function of enzymes in digestion?
In digestion, they break down substances into smaller molecules, so that they can then be absorbed into the bloodstream. Carbohydrase emzymes such as Amylase break starch down into glucose. Lipase enzymes break down lipids into fatty acids and glycerol. Protease enzmes break down protein into amino acids.
