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the acid involved in the breakdown of food in the stomach is Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)
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Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
What breaks down food in your body?
Your stomach
What breaks down food?
the stomach
What occurs in the stomach?
muscle churn the food pepsin and hydrochloric acid chemically breaks down food food turns into liquid called chyme.
what occurs in stomach?
muscle churn the food pepsin and hydrochloric acid chemically breaks down food food turns into liquid called chyme.
What breaks down in a person's stomach?
Food
What stores and breaks down food?
There is NO organelle that breaks down food, AND stores it. Vacuole = Stores water and food particles. Lysomes= Breaks down food particles.
What does the stomach do to your food?
The stomach breaks down your food. When you swallow your food, it lands in the stomach. It is broken down by stomach acids and moved into the intestines.
Food breaks down into a thin watery liquid called?
The food passes down through your stomach and through your abdomen turning into what is called chyme. Your welcome it was in our Health homework. =)
What functions does the stomach do?
The stomach breaks down food and mixes it with acidic juices to produce chyme which is the name for the food that is broken down and mushed together to make it go down easier. so basically the stomach helps you digest your food.
What contains chemicals that breaks down food?
The stomach...
What in the small intestine and stomach break down food into chemicals?
The bile in the stomach,which has a acidic base,by this process it breaks down the food in your stomach
