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What do you called an organ where food substances are formed?
The organ responsible for the formation of food substances is the pancreas. It secretes digestive enzymes that aid in the breakdown of food in the small intestine.
What is the different between digestion and respiration?
Digestion is the breakdown of absorbed substances, Respiration, on the other hand, is the breakdown of food molecules with a release of energy.
What liquid helps soften food as you chew it?
Saliva in the mouth helps to soften food as you chew it. Saliva helps begin the breakdown of foods.
How does mechanical breakdown helps chemical breakdown?
Mechanical breakdown helps chemical breakdown because when you chew, chemical breakdown is going on all at the same time. So, that is going to chemical because if you didn't have saliva (chemical breakdown) if would take real long to digest your food.
What is called digestion?
The breakdown of complex components of food into simpler substances is called digestion.
What kind of food breakdown occurs in the mouth?
Your saliva breaks down the food along with your teeth and your tongue helps you swallow it.
Why does the human digestive system need glandular tissue?
The human digestive system needs glandular tissue to secrete the many substances needed to break down food both mechanically and chemically. Saliva and bile help with the physical breakdown of food. Many other substances, including gastric secretions and pancreatic fluid, assist with chemical breakdown of food.
How do enzyme helps digestion?
they speed up the breakdown of food in the stomach and small intestine
Can you digest food out saliva?
Digest is a strong word so I am going to say no. Saliva can helps breakdown food compound but it is in fact not strong enough to fully breakdown or "digest" food. In fact, teeth and chewing helps saliva in breaking food down. Also, saliva can only breakdown carbohydrates compound. Proteins, fats and fibres need stronger and different enzyme. PS: saliva is essentially an enzyme
What helps break down food into substances the body can obsorb?
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What is the process in which food is broken down into simpler substances called?
Digestion is the process of breaking down food into simpler substances. Digestion is of two types: mechanical or physical digestion, and chemical digestion.
What is slaiva?
it is a watery liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands it helps with breakdown of food when it starts the process of digestion
