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Digestion starts as soon as food is put into the mouth. Your teeth break up the food into smaller pieces and the saliva in the mouth starts to digest the food by helping to break down the food even more. The main digestion takes place in the stomach with hydrochloric acid. I'm not sure what the actual enzyme is that's in the saliva though.
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Where is the start of chemical digestion?
the start of chemical digestion is the mouth and ends in the small intestine. This is true and the saliva has the power of the chemical digestion
Where does chemical digestion of srarch begins?
Chemical digestion of the starch starts in the mouth. Ptylin is the enzyme, which is secreted in the saliva. Ptylin breaks down the starch. This process continue in the stomach till acid neutralize the ptylin.
Where the first chemical digestion takes place?
The first chemical digestion of food takes place in the mouth, where enzymes such as amylase start breaking down carbohydrates into smaller molecules.
Why must chemical digestion must start before chemical digestion?
Mechanical digestion must come first because it helps break down food
Where does it start to chemically digest?
Chemical digestion begins in the mouth with the saliva.
Most of the chemical digestion occurring in the?
most chemical digestion occur starting from duoduenum, small intestine. starch start from saliva in mouth, protein in stomach.
Why must mechanical digestion start before chemical digestion?
Mechanical digestion must come first because it helps break down food
What is an enzyme-containing fluid in the mouth?
Saliva is an enzyme-containing fluid in the mouth. It starts the process of chemical digestion in the mouth, and is the first set of digestive chemicals with which the food you eat comes into contact.
Is your tongue involved in mechanical or chemical digestion?
The tongue is involved in both mechanical and chemical digestion. It helps break down food into smaller pieces through chewing (mechanical digestion) and it also helps mix food with saliva, which contains enzymes that start breaking down carbohydrates (chemical digestion).
Why does digestion begins in the mouth?
The mouth is important because that is the first place where food is mechanically chewed up before it reaches the stomach. It also is mixed with saliva which makes it moist and carries amylase an enzyme that begins the breakdown of carbohydrates,
What enzyme is used to convert glucose to fructose in yeast?
Amylaze breaks down the starch and all the food in your mouth at the very start of digestion.
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.
