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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.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoChemical digestion of food begins in your mouth. You have amylase enzyme, also called as ptylin present in your saliva to digest the starch. You have lingual lipase to digest the fat. You masticate the food and that is a mechanical process.
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∙ 12y agoIt takes place in the intestines to keep food moving along.
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∙ 14y agoSaliva glands and teeth are the start of digestion
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∙ 13y agoDigestion begins in the mouth and ends in the large intestine.
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Organ responsible for chemical digestion and absorbtion of food?
The major organ responsible for chemical digestion and absorption of food is the small intestine.
What organ carries out most chemical digestion?
Stomach
What is the name of the organ in the digestive system where the chemical breakdown of food primarily occurs?
Some chemical digestion of carbohydrates occurs in the mouth with salivary amylase. Most chemical digestion occurs in the duodenum of the small intestine.
Are the intestines a physical or chemical change?
Digestion that occurs in the intestines is a chemical change.
What is gallbllader?
Human organ that aids in digestion
Which organ in the digestive system is not involved in chemical or mechanical digestion?
small intestine
What organ does mechanical digestion occur in?
Stomach and Mouth
Organ responsible for chemical digestion and absorbtion of food?
The major organ responsible for chemical digestion and absorption of food is the small intestine.
What is the organ where the chemical digestion of starch begins?
I don't think of it as an organ, but chemical digestion of starch begins in the mouth, using saliva.
Which organ does digestion of protein begin?
Your stomach.
What organ does fat digestion begin in?
Mouth?
What accessory organ is important to mechanical digestion?
Teethyour mouth
What organ carries out most chemical digestion?
Stomach
What organ is the site majority of the mechanical digestion of food?
Most of the digestion occurs (believe it or not) not in the stomach, but the smaller intestine.
Organ where chemical digestion ends in fats?
fatty acidsglycerol
The organ that is the first major site chemical digestion?
The first major site of chemical digestion in frog is their stomach
What organ does digestion first begin began at?
The mouth is where literally begins,
