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The digestion starts when the teeth to bite into the apple. This begins to break down the apple by dividing it into bite sized pieces. Then the teeth and jaws chew the apple to break the bite sized pieces into smaller pieces. This is to make the apple pieces small enough to fit through the oesophagus and to make less work for the stomach. While the apple is still in the mouth, the saliva contains an enzyme which starts it off by making the food softer, thinner and smaller by slowly eating away at it.
The Oesophagus:
The apple is then swallowed which takes the food from the mouth to the oesophagus. The apple then moves through the oesophagus.
The Stomach:
After food has left the oesophagus it enters the stomach. This is where chemical and enzymatic digestion starts. In there, there are acids that dissolve food down into smaller pieces. As food is liquefied in the stomach, it is slowly released into the small intestine.
The Small Intestine:
The small intestine sucks up all of the nutrients in the apple before sending the nutrients to the veins that are carried through the body by blood.
The Liver:
The liver has hundreds of functions. One of its main functions is to process fat and other nutrient-rich liquefied food that drains from the small intestine so it can be used. Another important function of the liver is that it produces sugars from proteins and fatty substances; and it secretes albumin which helps to keep fluid within the blood vessels.
The liver also converts poisons in the blood into materials which can be safely excreted from the body. The liver uses calcium to reduce the amount of acid in the body waste. This allows us to go to the bathroom without pain or body damage.
It also secretes bile which is a substance containing fatty materials. These help in the digestion, as well as the absorption of fatty products.
The Gall Bladder:
The gall bladder is a pouch-shaped organ which lies near the liver. It accepts bile from the liver, and stores it. When food is digested, the gallbladder releases bile into the small intestine where it is able to help dissolve fats.
The Pancreas:
The pancreas makes and delivers digestive juices through a tube called the pancreatic duct to the upper part of the small intestine.
The Large Intestine:
The parts of the food that can't be digested get pushed into the large intestine, also called the colon. It is about 5 feet long. Its function is to move the waste from the small intestine on to the rectum. The material first passes through the ascending colon and then through the transverse colon. Throughout this process, it absorbs more water. By the time the waste reaches the segment called the sigmoid, it is quite firm. The sigmoid colon is designed to slow down this movement of the waste until it is ready to be eliminated.
The lowermost segment of the large intestine is called the rectum. It stores the firm waste until you are ready to get rid of it by "going to the bathroom". It has a specialized muscle, called the anal sphincter, which prevents the body waste from escaping until the appropriate time.
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What process changes the food you eat into a soluble material to be used by the body?
digestion
What process changes the food you eat into a soluble material be used by the body?
digestion
Why does eating too much causes heartburn?
What you eat actually causes heartburn. Some people get heartburn when they eat Hot Dogs and spaghetti. The process of digestion causes heartburn.
How does food get in your bod?
You eat it, it then goes thru a digestion process and the nutrients are absorbed within your intestines.
How does presense of acid in the stomach help?
It breaks down the food you eat. It's part of the digestion process.
Are apple peelings safe to eat?
yes obviously they are good for your health as they contain fibre that helps in digestion and excretion of harmful acids from the body......
What is the three apple a day diet?
This diet involves eating one apple before each meal. The idea is that you would fill up with the fiber from the apple so that you do not over-eat on the wrong foods when you eat your full meal as well as satisfy your craving for sweets.
Where does the sugar in your blood come from?
Blood sugar comes from the foods you eat. Food is broken down into glucose in the digestion process
Why does too much cause heartburn?
What you eat actually causes heartburn. Some people get heartburn when they eat Hot Dogs and spaghetti. The process of digestion causes heartburn.
Why does food changes when it is in your body?
Because the body breaks down the food we eat by a chemical process called "digestion." It starts in our mouth.
What does it mean when food is broken down into chemicals that cells can use?
That process is known as digestion. When all of the nutrients are extracted from the food we eat and we get rid of the waste. That is all part of the digestive process.
Why does your urine smell like what you eat?
The urine smell like what you eat because the amino acids in the food is break down into smelly chemical components. This process occurs during digestion.
