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In your stomach. In mouth, stomach and small intestine.
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∙ 12y agoThis occurs with the stomach's and the intestines' enzymes.
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What body parts is not involved in mechanical digestion?
Chemical digestion takes place in the stomach, the intestines, (saliva or enzymes) these parts of your body also use mechanical digestion.
When your body breaks down food into nutrients what type of digestion takes place?
When your body breaks down food into nutrients, chemical digestion is taking place. In contrast, physical digestion breaks down food mechanically into smaller particles.
Where in the body does chemical digestion take place and they are controlled by?
Chemical digestion occurs through out the digestive tract with the possible exception of the esophagus. It is regulated by enzymes that help speed it up.
What are the major body parts of chemical digestion?
the major part of the chemical digestion is the HCL (hydro chloric acid)
What does emzymes mean?
substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion
Compare mechanical and chemical digestion?
actually the mechanical digestion takes place first in our body that is the whole process of digestion we normally study. where the whole process is of getting things like glucose, minerals, proteins etc.. but the chemical digestion takes place at the cellular level means in the cells that is the break down of glucose in getting energy to work or metabolism of the cells
Was is mechanical digestion?
The very minute food enters the mouth it goes through the digestion process. There are 2 digestive system function processes that take place in our body. These 2 processes are the mechanical digestion and the chemical digestion.
Which body parts are included in chemical digestion?
the stomach
Chemical substances that cause specific chemical changes during digestion are called?
Nutrients are substances that are absorbed by the body through the process of digestion.
The process in which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules is called?
Mechanical digestion. The actual grinding and physical breaking down of food. Chemical digestion breaks down food using chemicals/enyzyms and chemical reactions.
Where does digestion in your body began?
Digestion begins in the mouth right after ingestion. There is mechanical and chemical digestion. Your teeth breaks up the food into smaller pieces (mechanical digestion) and your saliva contains salivary amylase which digests starch into maltose (chemical digestion).
What is a physical and chemical change that take place in the digestion of food?
Physical: Chewing to make the food particles smaller. Chemical: Reactions with enzymes to break down the food so the body can use it.
