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What organ is the site of the majority of mechanical digestions of food?
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Most of the digestion occurs (believe it or not) not in the stomach, but the smaller intestine.
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What is the mechanical digestions' function?
to chew and the muscular churning of food
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 would food digesting be a chemical change?
Food digestions involve many chemical reactions.
What happens to chyme in the small intestine?
chemical digestions breaks the food apart
What is the medical term meaning the chemical and mechanical breakdown of food in the body?
The answer is digestion. It's the process that breaks down food into small molecules so that they can be absorbed and moved into the blood. From the blood, food molecules are transported across the cell membrane to be used by the cell. Unused molecules pass out of your body as wastes. There's two types of digestions: Mechanical and Chemical. Mechanical digestion takes place when food is chewed, mixed, and churned. Chemical digestion occurs when chemical reactions occur that break down large molecules of food into smaller ones.
How can the organ of the stomach perform this functions?
Well... It has muscles at the top and bottom of the stomach that let food in and out. There is also strong muscular walls that help churn the food with the gastric juices this helps with digestion.
This organ helps break up your food?
mouth, stomach, samll intestine, large intestine
When does digestion takes place?
Digestions technically starts when food is placed in a person's mouth. The saliva contains a low amount of acid which aids the teeth in breaking down food.
When your teeth grind food is it mechanical or chemical?
when your teeth grind food is it chemical or mechanical
How long does it take to travel through the digestions system?
After you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to pass through your stomach and small intestine.
Which organ does mechanical and chemical digestion begin?
mechanical digestion is when you are breaking down food almost by hand. you're breaking it down manually. an example of mechanical digestion is chewing. it begins in your mouth and ends once you swallow.
What it the organ that regulates food exiting the stomach?
There is no bodily organ that does this.
