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Yes, the muscles in the stomach, known as the smooth muscles, contract and relax in a coordinated manner to mix food with digestive juices. This process, called gastric motility, helps break down food into a semi-liquid form known as chyme, enabling more efficient digestion and nutrient absorption. The digestive juices, which include hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes, further aid in the chemical breakdown of food.
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Is stomach digestive juice acidic or alkaline?
Stomach digestive juice, also known as gastric juice, is acidic. It contains hydrochloric acid which helps break down food and kill bacteria in the stomach.
What breaks down food with digestive juices and muscles?
The stomach
Do muscles move food through your stomach?
Yes, the muscles squeeze the food through the digestive system :)
How do digestive and muscular systems work together?
The digestive system uses muscles to digest food. For example, stomach muscles help to break down food.
How do the muscular and digestive systems work together?
The digestive system uses muscles to digest food. For example, stomach muscles help to break down food.
What type of acid breaks down food in your stomach?
digestive juice acid
Is alkaline a digestive juice?
No, in the stomach it is an Acid that helps break down food.
Are the stomach muscles the same as the muscles that mix the food and gastric juice?
No. The stomach muscles are what people call the abs or six pack and they are on the outside of the abdomen. The other muscles are part of the digestive tract itself. These muscles are smooth muscles and you don't have to think to make them move. But the others are called striated muscles. You have to think to make these move.
How do the muscular system and digestive System work together?
The digestive system uses muscles to digest food. For example, stomach muscles help to break down food.
What is a example of involuntary muscles?
One example of involuntary muscles would be in the digestive system, where muscles in the stomach churn food.
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by?
The movement of food through the digestive tract is regulated by muscles. Muscles produce a narrowing which pushes the food through each of the digestive organs until it reaches the entrance of the stomach.
What is the name given to digestive juice found inside stomachs?
Gastric juice is mixed with food in the stomach to promote digestion.
