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Mechanical, of course.. If you experience your saliva deteriorating your food any time soon, let me know.
Actually, saliva is there to help break down carbohydrates. The teeth in the mouth also digest food mechanically. In other words, the mouth uses both chemical and mechanical digestion to break down food.
What else can I help you with?
How is mechanical digestion is different than chemical digestion?
Chemical digestion uses enzymes and other chemicals to break the bonds in food. Mechanical digestion is basically the teeth grinding the food into physically smaller pieces.
What 2 types of digestion takes place in the mouth?
Mechanical and chemical digestion. In mechanical digestion the teeth breakdown food into smaller pieces and in chemical digestion the salivary glands breaks down the food molecules.
Does chemical digestion occur before mechanical digestion?
Both get started at about the same time. As the teeth are grinding up the food, enzymes in the saliva are breaking down starch.
What type of digestion is teeth grinding food?
our teeth break down food physically which is called mechanical break down
Where does mechanical digestion happen?
Mechanical digestion starts when food is chewed physically by the teeth (grinding and tearing the food), and the remaining steps of digestion continue from then on.
Are teeth chemical or mechanical digestion?
Teeth are involved in mechanical digestion. They physically break down food by crushing, grinding, and cutting it into smaller pieces, making it easier for enzymes in the digestive system to access and break down nutrients.
Digestion occurs through both mechanical and chemical ways what is involved directly in mechanical digestion?
teeth
What kind of digestion involves the teeth tearing or grinding food into smal pieces?
mechanical processing
How is machanicle digestion different for cheminal digestion?
mechanical digestion is with your teeth , chemical digestion is in your stomach and small intestine.
Why is mechanical digestion important for chemical. Digestion?
Mechanical digestion chops the food in to smaller pieces, thus exposing more of it to the enzymes of the chemical digestion.Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth by the teeth, tongue and saliva. Mechanical digestion is important for chemical digestion because when food is broken down into smaller particles by mechanical means, chemical digestion will be more efficient.
Is your teeth grinding food a mechanical or chemical change?
The teeth grinding is a mechanical change. The saliva mixing in with the food and starting the digestive process would be a chemical change.
Vertebrates often have mechanical and chemical ways of digesting food what is a main part of mechanical digestion?
Teeth
