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What moistens food and begins to break down starch foods?
saliva moistens your food and it begins to break down starchy foods.
Where does food break down?
Food begins to break down as soon as it enters your mouth.
Where does digestion?
Digestion begins in the mouth where saliva break down the foods into the bio-chemicals.
Describe The Beginning Process Of The Digestive System?
The Digestive System is a human organ system consisting of the stomach, intestines, and the mouth. It begins in the mouth where the salavary glands release salivia into the mouth to break down the chemicals in the food. Your teeth physically break down the food. Then you swallow and begins stage two of digestion.
Where digestion begin in the digestion system?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Mechanical digestion begins with the chewing of food. Chemical digestion also begins in the mouth with the enzymes been produced and used to break down the food.
The digestion process starts in the?
Mouth. Mastication and saliva begins the food break down process
Where the digestion of food begin?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Mechanical digestion begins with the chewing of food. Chemical digestion also begins in the mouth with the enzymes been produced and used to break down the food.
Chemical digestion of carbohydrates begins in this organ?
Mouth: in saliva there is this amylase enzym to break it down to sugar(s)
Where does carbohydrate digestion begin and how does this digestion occur?
Carbohydrate digestion starts with the mastication (chewing of the mouth). There, the salivary amylase begins to break down the carbs into monosaccharides. Protein digestion begins in the stomach. Pepsin comes into play here and various enzyme proteases do as well
What happens to the food you eat in the mouth?
In the mouth, where digestion begins, food is reduced to smaller pieces by the teeth, increasing its surface area. The saliva begins the chemical break-down of the food and lubricates it for easier swallowing.
Where does the first step of digestion ocuur?
In the mouth. Your teeth chew food, breaking down fibres, and your saliva also begins chemical break down.
Contains an enzyme that helps break down starches?
I think you are referring to Amylase, an enzyme in saliva that begins to break down starches into their constituent sugars within seconds of you chewing them up in your mouth.
