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After food is consumed, it enters the stomach where it is mixed with stomach acid and enzymes. The stomach muscles then churn and break down the food into a semi-liquid form called chyme. This chyme is gradually released into the small intestine for further digestion and absorption of nutrients.
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What happens in the stomach during the process of digestion?
During digestion, the stomach breaks down food into smaller pieces through the action of stomach acid and enzymes. This process helps to further break down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body. The stomach also churns and mixes the food to aid in digestion.
Which animal's food passes through its brain on the way to its stomach?
The shrimp's food passes through its brain on the way to its stomach. This happens because the shrimp's brain and esophagus are connected.
What happens to most of the bacteria that you swallow with your food?
Most of the time when a bacterium is consumed it is killed either through the acid within your stomach, or by your immune system. On rare occasions the consumption of a bacterium can lead to illness.
Two anatomic regions involved in the mechanical breakdown of food?
The mouth and the stomach are two anatomical regions involved in the mechanical breakdown of food. In the mouth, teeth mechanically break down food into smaller pieces through mastication. In the stomach, muscular contractions churn and mix food with digestive juices to further break it down into a semi-liquid state.
What does the esaphagus do?
The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach. Its main function is to transport food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach through a series of coordinated muscle contractions called peristalsis.
What happens to food when it is in the stomach?
It si dissovled by stomach acid.
How long did food remain in the stomach?
Food typically remains in the stomach for 2-4 hours. However, this can vary depending on the type of food consumed and individual factors such as metabolism and digestive health.
Hydrocloric acid in stomach?
Hydrochloric acid is present in the stomach. It has a pH in the range of 1-2 depending on the amount and type of food consumed. It is about .5% of the liquid in the stomach.
What happens When pepsin mixes with the food in the stomach?
nothing
What happens to food that wrinkles in your stomach?
It gets digested.
How does Mechanical digestion happens in the stomach?
The stomach squeezes to help break down food.
What happens to the food that is taken in by a person who has no stomach?
How do you not have a stomach? Everyone has one, and you have to have one to live.
What happens if the food energy used is less than the food energy consumed?
you gain weight
What happens along the canal from food entering till it reaches the stomach?
Peristalsis. Food is actively moved (down) to the stomach.
What happens to the food you have eaten as it goes to the stomach?
it goes in to your esophagus and is store in the stomach in several hours.
What happens in your stomach with acid?
the acid breaks down your food
What happens to food as it passes through your esophagus?
it goes to your stomach
