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The teeth (in the mouth) - for chewing, and the muscles around the gut - for peristalsis.

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Leo Bergnaum

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What body parts is not involved in mechanical digestion?

Chemical digestion takes place in the stomach, the intestines, (saliva or enzymes) these parts of your body also use mechanical digestion.


What does mechanical digestion stand for?

Mechanical digestion stands for the break down of food by chewing. Mechanical digestion is the physical part of the digestion process of the human body.


Are digestive enzymes necessary for mechanical digestion?

No, digestive enzymes are not necessary for mechanical digestion. Mechanical digestion involves the physical breakdown of food into smaller pieces through actions like chewing and churning, while digestive enzymes are responsible for breaking down food chemically into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body during the process of chemical digestion.


What body system Directly causes mechanical motion?

The muscular system is directly responsible for producing mechanical motion in the body. Muscles contract and relax to generate movement of body parts.


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Is the anus chemical or mechanical digestion?

The anus is not involved in either chemical or mechanical digestion. Its main function is to expel indigestible material out of the body in the form of feces.


Was is mechanical digestion?

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Where does digestion in your body began?

Digestion begins in the mouth right after ingestion. There is mechanical and chemical digestion. Your teeth breaks up the food into smaller pieces (mechanical digestion) and your saliva contains salivary amylase which digests starch into maltose (chemical digestion).


What areas of the body does mechanical digestion occur?

mouth,stomach and small intestine


Compare mechanical and chemical digestion?

actually the mechanical digestion takes place first in our body that is the whole process of digestion we normally study. where the whole process is of getting things like glucose, minerals, proteins etc.. but the chemical digestion takes place at the cellular level means in the cells that is the break down of glucose in getting energy to work or metabolism of the cells


Which body parts are included in chemical digestion?

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The breakdown of food by both mechanical and chemical mechanisms is known as?

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