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What organ of the digestive system churns the food mixing it with gastric juices?
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Small intestine
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What does the mouth and stomach do in mechanical digestion?
The mouth and stomach both play parts in the digestive system ;also in chemical and physical digestion.In chemical digestion, in the mouth the saliva is mixed with enzymes which breaks down food into bolus and in the stomach acids break down the food turning it into chyme.In Physical digestion in the mouth the teeth tears the food and the stomach churns it.
What part of the body when you eat mixes up the food with chemicals made be your body then churns up your food into smaller parts?
The stomach would be the only part of the digestive tract that could be described as churning and mixing the food.
What is a primary mixing or churning organ?
The primary mixing or churning organ in the human body is the stomach. It is responsible for breaking down food into smaller particles and mixing it with gastric juices to form a semi-solid mixture called chyme. The muscle contractions in the stomach wall help to churn and mix the food, aiding in digestion.
Define segmentation as in digestive system?
Segmentation in the digestive tract mixes food with digestive juices and increases the rate of absorption by repeatedly moving different parts of the food mass over the intestinal wall.
Write a short note on digestion of food?
Digestion is a process involving mixing of food with digestive juices, moving it through the digestive tract, and breaking down large molecules of food into smaller molecules. Digestion begins in the mouth, when you chew and swallow, and is completed in the small intestine.
How do you get Apricot by mixing cake icing?
add fLAVOURING OR THE NATURAL JUICES
Why are fruit juices considered mixtures?
Fruit Juices are considered mixtures because when mixing two or more juices no chemical reactions take place, so they can not be called compounds etc.
Organ that makes juices to aid in the initial mixing with food and breaking it down into particles?
salivary glands
Which part of digestive system serves as a mixing chamber and temporary reservoir for food?
the stomach
What are the mixing waves in digestive system?
These waves of in the smooth muscles in the GI tract are call peristalsis.
Does it take 7 seconds for food to reach the stomach from the mouth?
The simple answer to this is "NO". After a meal depending on the type of meal( whether carbohydrate, fats or protein) the stomach undergoes a process of churning and mixing of the food with digestive juices. This enables easy absorption. 6 seconds is however too. Short for this process to occur. It takes approximately 2 hours for gastric emptying. Carbohydrate meals leaves faster than fatty meals which leaves faster than protein-rich meals.
What is the First step in the digestive process?
I would guess at chewing the food and mixing with saliva before swallowing
