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Enzymes break down food molecules. Starting with amylase in your saliva, then pepsin in your stomach, and peptidase in your small intestine (along with several others), these substances break down food molecules into amino acids and simpler sugars, so that your body can use them as fuel.
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Do chemicals in birds break down food in the gizzard?
Yes, in birds it does break down the food
How do cells get the proteins they need from foods?
enzymes breaks down food proteins into smaller molecules that can be carried by blood
What used chemicals to break down food and worn out cell parts?
lysosomes
What is breaking down food to release food in cells called?
well, enzymes are proteins that break up food molecules and digestion is when large protein molecules are broken down
Cells power plants break down food molecules to make ATP?
mitochondria
What contains digestive chemicals that help break down food molecules?
Somach acid & saliva
What breaks down food molecules?
A series of chemicals breaks down food. Lysosomes are cellular organelles that break down waste particles and even food particles.
What do cells use break down food?
It is very complex process. Food enters in cell in form of simple molecules (for example Glucose). It uses various enzymes and chemicals to break these molecules in to energy and other by products.
What happens when cells break down food?
The cells themselves don't break down the food, it is a series of chemicals and enzymes (biological catalysts) in the digestive system. All food is broken down in the digestive system by a process called, funnily enough, digestion. Then it is absorbed into the blood stream through the villus in the small intestines
Do chemicals in birds break down food in the gizzard?
Yes, in birds it does break down the food
What are the systems that food travels?
Digestive to digest (main part) food, Endocrine to break it down and release chemicals to break it down(if you consider it a system whichh most don't), Circulatory (to transport the broken down molecules), and Excretory to get ride of wastes.
What are the functions of a lysosome in a cell?
Lysosomes contain digestive chemicals that help break down food molecules, cell wastes and worn - out cell parts.
When living cells break down food molecules energy is?
When living cells break down food molecules energy is released and used to form ATP.
What effects do enzymes have on food molecules?
They break down food molecules which make it easier for the body to digest the food.
What are The functions of the digestive enzy?
To break down the food molecules.
What makes chemicals in the body the helps break down food?
Pancreas
What uses chemicals to break down food and worn out cell?
lysosomes
