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Salivary Glands performs Chemical Digestion
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∙ 11y agoSaliva lubricates the food for mechanical digestion of of food. That is mastication.
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∙ 9y agoTeeth are used to break food down into smaller pieces so that the food has more surface area. This is mechanical digestion since food is not changed in any way except for size.
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∙ 13y agomechanical
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What is the conversion of chemical energy to mechanical energy in your body?
I'm assuming it is digestion. I'm on the same question in this science packet at the moment :P
Type of digestion that breaks down food by chemical reactions?
Chemical digestion.
Is eating an ice cream cake a chemical change?
Yes cake is a chemical change becaus it has a realse of gas as it bakes. That's why there is little holes.
What is the difference between chemical synthesis and breakdown reactions?
Chemical Digestion is where your stomach dissolves the food in your mouth by saliva, or when the enzymes and bile break it down in the stomach.Mechanical Digestion is when you chew the food using your teeth, and when your esophagus swallows the food using peristalsis.
What is the organ where the chemical digestion of starch begins?
I don't think of it as an organ, but chemical digestion of starch begins in the mouth, using saliva.
Digestion occurs through both mechanical and chemical ways what is involved directly in mechanical digestion?
teeth
What 2 types of digestion takes place in the mouth?
Mechanical and chemical digestion. In mechanical digestion the teeth breakdown food into smaller pieces and in chemical digestion the salivary glands breaks down the food molecules.
How is machanicle digestion different for cheminal digestion?
mechanical digestion is with your teeth , chemical digestion is in your stomach and small intestine.
Why is mechanical digestion important for chemical. Digestion?
Mechanical digestion chops the food in to smaller pieces, thus exposing more of it to the enzymes of the chemical digestion.Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth by the teeth, tongue and saliva. Mechanical digestion is important for chemical digestion because when food is broken down into smaller particles by mechanical means, chemical digestion will be more efficient.
How is mechanical digestion is different than chemical digestion?
Chemical digestion uses enzymes and other chemicals to break the bonds in food. Mechanical digestion is basically the teeth grinding the food into physically smaller pieces.
Vertebrates often have mechanical and chemical ways of digesting food what is a main part of mechanical digestion?
Teeth
Where does digestion in your body began?
Digestion begins in the mouth right after ingestion. There is mechanical and chemical digestion. Your teeth breaks up the food into smaller pieces (mechanical digestion) and your saliva contains salivary amylase which digests starch into maltose (chemical digestion).
What type of digestion is produced by breaking down and chewing food?
Chemical digestion
What are the types of digestion?
Chemical digestion and mechanical digestion
Is absorption mechanical or chemical digestion?
does absorption occur when mechanical or chemical digestion
Is mouth mechanical or chemical digestion?
Saliva begins the chemical digestion of starch. It also is important for the success of mechanical digestion of the mouth, but does not, in its own, perform mechanical digestion.
How are Chemical and mechanical the same?
Mechanical and chemical digestion are not the same.
