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Your stomach is coated with mucous coat. This is made of sugars and there is no peptide bond, there in mucous. So the stomach is protected from the killing action of pepsin enzyme on the stomach wall.
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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.
Is formation of chyme by the stomach an example of mechanical digestion?
No, it is chemical digestion.
Most mechanical digestion takes place where?
In the Mouth then the second is the Stomach
Which organ is most important in digestion?
The organ responsible for most of the chemical digestion in the human body is mainly the stomach.
The begins digestion of protein by emulsifying food?
stomach A+
How does physical activities affect digestion?
because when we move or doing some physical activitieis like cycling climbing etc...... it will make our stomach to scretes the bjuice which help in digestion
Where does most digestion take place in the human body?
Most of the physical digestion takes place in the stomach, but the completion and absorption is done in the small intestine.
Where does the protein digestion start?
the digestion of proteins begin in the stomach.
What is chime in digestion?
It's a form of physical digestion, I assume its the substance inside your stomach, i.e liquid in the central region.
What does the mouth and stomach do in mechanical digestion?
The mouth and stomach both play parts in the digestive system ;also in chemical and physical digestion.In chemical digestion, in the mouth the saliva is mixed with enzymes which breaks down food into bolus and in the stomach acids break down the food turning it into chyme.In Physical digestion in the mouth the teeth tears the food and the stomach churns it.
Does digestion begin in your stomach?
Correctly, physical digestion begins in the mouth, when foodstuffs are pulverised and mashed up into small pieces, and coated with saliva, to make swallowing easier and to increase it's surface area. This process is completed in the stomach, where food is liquified by strong hydrochloric acid secreted by the gastric glands to make it easy to assimilate. All these processes are classed as physical digestion, but not actual ABSORPTION- this takes place in the small intestines. The only substance absorbed by the stomach is alcohol.
What is food like after digestion in the stomach?
Food becomes semisolid after digestion in stomach.
Where does the most digestion in the stomach occur?
Most nutrient digestion occurs in the stomach
Is digest a physical change?
Digestion involves both physical and chemical changes. The teeth crush food into smaller particles, which is a physical change, whereas the saliva, stomach, gall bladder, and pancreas contain chemicals that break down food chemically in the mouth, stomach, and small intestines.
Function of the stomach?
starts the digestion of the food Physical and chemical digestion Hydrochloric acid activates pepsin (protease)
What is the two organs where digestion take place?
two organs where digestion occur are stomach and small intestine
Stomach is location for digestion of what?
Digestion of food
