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Digestion begins in the mouth. Saliva begins the breakdown of food, and the teeth and tongue masticate the food to prepare it for passage through the esophagus and further digestion in the stomach.
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∙ 14y agoChemical digestion is when your body starts breaking down food using enzymes. it starts in your mouth, while you chew, your saliva begins to break down the food. Chemical digestion ends after the food passes through the large intestine.
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∙ 15y agoIt begins in the stomach and ends in the small intestine.
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∙ 12y agothe digestion starts from the mouth and ending at the reticullum
It starts when you put food or drink in your mouth and chew, and it ends when the waste is excreted.
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∙ 11y agochemical digestion begins in the mouth because of the saliva present(it breaks down starch)
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∙ 12y agoDigestion begins in the mouth and ends in the small intestine.
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∙ 14y agoin the mouth
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∙ 13y agoYour mouth.
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Process by which the body takes in and uses food?
The human body breaks down food for absorption and assimilation through the process of digestion. Both mechanical and chemical digestion is used to spread the food pieces through the human body.
When does digestion start in the human body?
The digestion process starts as soon as you put food into your mouth and begin to chew it.
Which organ is most important in digestion?
The organ responsible for most of the chemical digestion in the human body is mainly the stomach.
What does emzymes mean?
substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion
What is the job of the mouth on a human body?
It is the first step in the digestion system. It uses chemical digestion by using the sylivia to brake down food and uses mechanical digestion by using the teeth to do the exact same job.
Which body parts are included in chemical digestion?
the stomach
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.
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.
Where is the first site of digestion in the human body?
The mouth is the first site of digestion in the human body. In the mouth food is broken down mechanically by the jaw and chemically by saliva.
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 enzymes are in the human body?
small little lepracorns in the body which help digestion
