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The mouth is the beginning of both mechanical and chemical digestion. Chewing breaks the food into smaller pieces and the saliva wets the food but also adds an enzyme called amylase that begins the digestion of carbohydrates.
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∙ 12y agoMechanical: mouth, teeth, esophagus, small intestine
Chemical: Small intestine, stomach etc.
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Where is the site of digestion?
In humans most mechanical digestion takes place in the mouth through chewing.
This is the site of most chemical digestion?
Mouth
What organ is the site majority of the mechanical digestion of food?
Most of the digestion occurs (believe it or not) not in the stomach, but the smaller intestine.
Why mouth important in digestive system?
The mouth allows you to ingest food, or take food into your body. In addition, the mouth is the site of the first mechanical and chemical digestion in the GI tract.
The organ that is the first major site chemical digestion?
The first major site of chemical digestion in frog is their stomach
What organ is the site of the majority of mechanical digestions?
Most of the digestion occurs (believe it or not) not in the stomach, but the smaller intestine.
What organ is the site of the majority of mechanical digestions of food?
Most of the digestion occurs (believe it or not) not in the stomach, but the smaller intestine.
What have most chemical digestion and absorption?
The small intestine is the site of most chemical digestion and absorption in the digestive tract. During absorption, nutrients enter the bloodstream, and the circulatory system can then transport these nutrients to all body cells.
What is the primary site of the intracellular digestion?
The primary site of intracellular digestion are the lysosomes.
What is one way that chemical weathering and mechanical weathering can influence each other?
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What organ is the first major site in the process of chemical digestion?
Its the mouth.........cause saliva breaks down some amount of starch into simple sugars. but its not a very major site..............
What is the site of final digestion?
In a human's digestive tract, the final site of digestion is the small intestine.
