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The digestion of starch begins in the mouth during mastication. The ptyalin enzyme (an amylase) converts the starch to sugar .

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Where does the enzymatic digestion of starch mainly happen in?

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Where does the digestion of starch not take place?

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In which two regions of the gut does starch digestion take place?

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What is the last place f or your digestion?

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Most of the physical digestion takes place in the stomach, but the completion and absorption is done in the small intestine.


Where does most chemical digestion take place and nutrients are absorbed into the blood?

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What does small intestine do in digestion?

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Where the most digestion takes place?

Small intestine


Where does digestion take place in the small intestine?

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Most of the digestion takes place where?

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Where does most of the digestion of food fake place?

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