The tissue in your stomach that breaks down food is primarily composed of gastric mucosa, which contains specialized cells that secrete gastric juices. These juices include hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes, such as pepsin, which help break down proteins and kill harmful bacteria. The muscular layer of the stomach also plays a crucial role by mechanically churning food, further aiding in digestion. Together, these components facilitate the chemical and physical breakdown of food into a semi-liquid form called chyme.
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.
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.
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There is NO organelle that breaks down food, AND stores it. Vacuole = Stores water and food particles. Lysomes= Breaks down food particles.
The stomach breaks down your food. When you swallow your food, it lands in the stomach. It is broken down by stomach acids and moved into the intestines.
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.
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The bile in the stomach,which has a acidic base,by this process it breaks down the food in your stomach
The stomach breaks down food with gastric acid, also known as stomach acid. Gastric acid contains hydrochloric acid. In addition, the stomach performs some mechanical breakdown of food.. Food enters the stomach where it is further broken apart and thoroughly mixed with gastric acid, pepsin and other digestive enzymes to break down proteins.
mashes up food and breaks it down with stomach acid
Your stomach and your intestines