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What kind of molecule performs chemical digestion in the stomach?
Protein is the only nutrient broken down in the stomach. This is because only protease enzymes are present in the stomach acid.
What substance can't be broken down by stomach acid?
Chewing gum.
If you ingest nasal mucus does it stick to your stomach walls?
No. Mucus is broken down by the acid in your stomach. It therefore does not remain behind in the stomach and passes normally through the digestive track of the body.
What breaks down food in your stomach?
The stomach breaks down food with gastric acid, also known as stomach acid. Gastric acid contains hydrochloric acid. In addition, the stomach performs some mechanical breakdown of food.. Food enters the stomach where it is further broken apart and thoroughly mixed with gastric acid, pepsin and other digestive enzymes to break down proteins.
What substance used to break down food?
Food is broken down using your teeth, saliva(spit), enzymes and a strong acid in your stomach which is called Hydrochloric Acid.
What part of your stomach is like a mixer?
Nothing really mixes it, but your intestines do most of the squashing, it's broken down by acid too.
What nutrient is chemically broken down in the stomach?
Protein into amino acids by enzymes and hydrochloric acid!
How does food get broken down into useable energy?
It goes down the esophagus and into the stomach, the gastric acid breaks it down and sends it off the the small intestine. In the small intestine it is broken down into it's final component. It is then stored in the liver for energy.
How does stomach acid breakdown food?
It uses very strong acid called stomach acid to break it down
Are enzymes broken down?
yes it can be broken down by the villi in the stomach walls
Why is it difficult to identify stomach contents?
Stomach contents will become more difficult to identify the longer they sit in stomach acid. Plus, they have been chewed up and some foods are broken down by saliva.
Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
