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What is the organ uses both chemical and mechanical digestions to break?
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∙ 12y ago
It's simple it's your mouth. I know it might sound crazy but it's true. Inside your mouth you have teeth you crush and tear of meat, so that's mechanical. Your spit contains enzymes to convert starch into sugars, so that's mechanical.
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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.
This organ helps break up your food?
mouth, stomach, samll intestine, large intestine
Which organ in the digestive system is not involved in chemical or mechanical digestion?
small intestine
The mechanical and chemical receptors that control digestive activity are located?
In the walls of the tract organs
Chemical digestion of carbohydrates begins in this organ?
Mouth: in saliva there is this amylase enzym to break it down to sugar(s)
What is an example of mechanical barrier that the body uses for protection?
The largest organ in the human body, our skin, is effectually, an excellent mechanical barrier. There are of course, some chemical and bacterial (normal flora) factors that play a part, but its mechanical function is its largest asset for sure. A break in the integrity of this mechanical barrier (i.e. an abrasion, laceration, puncture, incision, etc) provides an open door and an excellent opportunity for foreign bacteria and viruses to invade and potentially infect the host.
What organ does mechanical digestion occur in?
Stomach and Mouth
From smallest to largest the levels or organization in living things are?
chemical cellular tissue organ organ system
What accessory organ is important to mechanical digestion?
Teethyour mouth
Is teeth grinding food a mechanical digestion or a chemical digestion?
Mechanical, of course.. If you experience your saliva deteriorating your food any time soon, let me know. Actually, saliva is there to help break down carbohydrates. The teeth in the mouth also digest food mechanically. In other words, the mouth uses both chemical and mechanical digestion to break down food.
Which organ uses bile to break down food?
The liver is the organ that uses bile to break down food. The liver is a very important organ to digestion.
