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What body system was involved in the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food?
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What are the 2 kinds of breakdown the digestive system uses?
chemical and mechanical
Which organ in the digestive system is not involved in chemical or mechanical digestion?
small intestine
What digestive system experiences chemical breakdown?
The digestive system that experiences chemical breakdown is the Gastro intestinal. Chemical matter is then moved on through the small intestines.
What is the name of the organ system that is responsible for the chemical breakdown of polymers into monomers?
Digestive system
What are the six functional activities of the digestive system?
Ingestion, Propulsion, Mechanical digestion, Chemical Digestion, Absorption and Defecation
What are the chemical breakdown in the digestive system?
the saliva, acids in the pancreas, the acid in stomach
What part of the digestive system do the mechanical digestion?
Mechanical digestion is the breakdown of food through chewing, mixing, or churning. Mechanical digestion occurs in the mouth and stomach. The food is physically torn apart through the teeth, tongue, stomach contractions, etc. This is counterpart to chemical digestion, where acids and other enzymes chemically pull apart the food.
What earthworm structure carry out ingestion physical breakdown chemical breakdown absorption of small nutrient and egestion?
Different parts of digestive system .
What do enzyme's do?
Enzymes in saliva and in the other parts of the digestive system speed the chemical breakdown of food
What are the three parts of the digestive system?
mechanical, chemical, and peristalsis wich are enzymes
The digestive system has two major contributing components. What are they?
mechanical and chemical digestion
Contrast Chemical energy and mechanical energy?
chemical energy is when the energy that is released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compounds. A mechanical energy is the sum of the kinetic and potential energy of large-scale objects in a system.
