Chewing on the food
churning
Salivary Amylase helps digest starch while in the mouth as a chemical digestion. Chewing is another form of digestion, but its mechanical
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
This form of digestion starts in the mouth with the salivary gland witch break down food
mouth? because chemiclal form took place in the stomach and if we say mechanical it is something to do with grinding, swallowing and choking. :)
Chewing is a mechanic digestion as i found out here on WikiAnswers. So i hope i have answered you question those of you who have needed this little bit of information x.what the heck are u talking about?
This form of digestion starts in the mouth with the salivary gland witch break down food
Mastication, or chewing, is a form of mechanical digestion that increases the surface area of foods prior to chemical digestion.
Carbohydrates are digested until they are mono or disaccharides and then they are absorbed through the intestinal lining.
Physical digestion is, basically, "mashing." The food is ground up (by the teeth), mashed into a paste (by the stomach), and so forth. It's mixed with other foods in the process, but no new molecules are produced. Chemical digestion involves chemical reactions, and new molecules ARE produced. The action of enzymes in saliva, gastric juices, and so forth is a form of chemical digestion.
In your mouth, amalyze chemically digests new food through your spit. This is a form of hydrolysis in digestion.
Digestion is the breaking down of chemicals in the body, into a form that can be absorbed. It is also the process by which the body breaks down chemicals into smaller components that can be absorbed by the blood stream. In mammals, preparation for digestion begins with the cephalic phase in which saliva is produced in the mouth and digestive enzymes are produced in the stomach. Mechanical and chemical digestion begin in the mouth where food is chewed, and mixed with saliva to break down starches. The stomach continues to break food down mechanically and chemically through the churning of the stomach and mixing with enzymes. Absorption occurs in the stomach and gastrointestinal tract, and the process finishes with defecation. (by Wikipedia.com)
The buccal cavity serves as the entrance to the digestive system in many animals, where mechanical digestion begins through the process of chewing and mixing food with saliva. It also plays a role in vocalization and respiration in some species.