0
The digestion of food starts in the mouth where it is masticated. Saliva is added to form a bolus. This is the start of chemical digestion. Salivary Amylase breaks downs carbs. Food then goes down oesophagus ito stomach where digestion continues. The stomach muscles churn the food with hydrochloric acid and lubricates it with mucus. This then forms a substance called chyme. The hydrochloric acid deactivates salivary amylase and neutralises bacteria. There is a lot more to it but just remember that it starts in the mouth.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThis is because the nutrients in your food cannot be absorbed by the body without digestion. They are too complex and too big to diffuse into your bloodstream by the small intestine. So you need to break down these nutrients into smaller and simpler substances through digestion, and the nutrients can then be absorbed into the bloodstream and be utilised. If digestion does not occur in your body, then you're eating for nothing as the nutrients cannot be absorbed.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When does santorum occur in your digestion?
It does not occur during digestion. Santorum occurs inside the bowels usually.
In which body compartment does carbohydrate digestion not occur?
carbohydrate digestion doesn't occur in the stomach and the large intestine.
Where does most CHO digestion occur in the body?
Mouth
What is the difference between digestion of heterotrophs and saprotrophs?
Heterotrophs- digestion occurs inside the body. Saprotrophs- digestion occurs outside of body.
Where does physical change in digestion occur?
it happens nowere in your body
What is the process of changing food inside the body so that the body can use it?
Digestion?
What areas of the body does mechanical digestion occur?
mouth,stomach and small intestine
How does digestion occur throughout the digestion system?
to see how food from your mouth gets broken into pieces and come put of the body as human waste
What are the four stages of processing food that occur in the human body?
ingestion, absorption, digestion and elimination
Where does the digestion occur in the body?
It starts in your mouth and ends in your large intestine.
On a dolphin does fertilisation occur inside or outside the body?
internally
Difference between infection and infestation?
infection occur inside the body while infestation occur outside the body by kabir jaskani
