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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,
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 15y agobecause u put the food in the the mouth to begin with, and the enzymes in the mouth (amalyse) break down large food molecules wich begin the digestion process.
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∙ 14y agoThere is an enzyme in your saliva called salivary amylase which breaks down starch, and that process starts in the mouth.
Also, salivary lipase breaks down fat.
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∙ 10y agoBecause saliva contains an enzyme (amalyse) which breaks down carbohydrates into their component sugars.
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∙ 11y agoBoth chemical and mechanical digestion take place in mouth.Begining chemical digestion Amylase digests starch and grinding of tooth start mechanical digestion
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Digestion begins from where?
Mouth
Where digestion begin in the digestion system?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Mechanical digestion begins with the chewing of food. Chemical digestion also begins in the mouth with the enzymes been produced and used to break down the food.
Where the digestion of food begin?
Digestion begins in the mouth. Mechanical digestion begins with the chewing of food. Chemical digestion also begins in the mouth with the enzymes been produced and used to break down the food.
Where does starch digestion begins?
In the mouth.
Digestion begins in the mouth.?
Yes.
Digestion of complex carbohydrates begins where?
The Mouth
Does the digestion process begin with the large intestine mouth small intestine or stomach?
The digestion process begins in the mouth.
Where does the protein digestion start?
the digestion of proteins begin in the stomach.
The digestion of startch begins in the?
Starch digestion begins in the mouth. Saliva in the mouth enables chemical digestion to take place before starch enters the stomach.
Chemical digestion of carbohydrates begins here?
mouth
Where in the human body will chemical digestion begin?
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.
Where does carbohydrate digestion begin and how does this digestion occur?
Carbohydrate digestion starts with the mastication (chewing of the mouth). There, the salivary amylase begins to break down the carbs into monosaccharides. Protein digestion begins in the stomach. Pepsin comes into play here and various enzyme proteases do as well
