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Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
What in the small intestine and stomach break down food into chemicals?
The bile in the stomach,which has a acidic base,by this process it breaks down the food in your stomach
What does the pepsin do in the stomach?
Pepsin digests protein in the highly acidic environment of the stomach.
What does the protease do?
Gastric protrease is produced by the walls of the stomach. It breaks down proteins to amino acids in the stomach (a highly acidic place).
What functions does the stomach do?
The stomach breaks down food and mixes it with acidic juices to produce chyme which is the name for the food that is broken down and mushed together to make it go down easier. so basically the stomach helps you digest your food.
What does the enzyme protease do?
Gastric protrease is produced by the walls of the stomach. It breaks down proteins to amino acids in the stomach (a highly acidic place).
What does the enzyme gastric protease do?
Gastric protrease is produced by the walls of the stomach. It breaks down proteins to amino acids in the stomach (a highly acidic place).
What kills bacteria and breaks down connective tissue in the stomach?
The acidic environment in the stomach, primarily hydrochloric acid, helps kill bacteria by denaturing their proteins and breaking down their cell walls. Pepsin, an enzyme in the stomach, breaks down connective tissue in food by cleaving peptide bonds in proteins.
Why must the stomach be acidic?
The fluids in the stomach have to be acidic to digest and break down food that comes in.
Salivary amylase breaks down starches?
breakdown of amylase and amylopectin into disaccharides and trisaccharides
What breaks down food?
the stomach
What kind of liquid is produces by the stomach?
The stomach produces gastric juice, which is a combination of hydrochloric acid, enzymes, and mucus. This acidic liquid helps break down food and kill bacteria in the digestive system.
