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The digestive system has two major contributing components. What are they?
mechanical and chemical digestion
Are there 3 types of digestion utilized by the digestive system?
Not sure what you mean by '3 types of digestion', but there are three major food groups (carbohydrates, proteins, and fats), and each has a different method of digestion by the digestive system.
Which organ in the digestive system is not involved in chemical or mechanical digestion?
small intestine
Was is mechanical digestion?
The very minute food enters the mouth it goes through the digestion process. There are 2 digestive system function processes that take place in our body. These 2 processes are the mechanical digestion and the chemical digestion.
The digestive system undergoes two kinds of digestion?
The two kinds of digestion in the digestive system are mechanical digestion, which involves physically breaking down food into smaller pieces through chewing and grinding, and chemical digestion, which involves the breakdown of food molecules into nutrients by enzymes and acid in the digestive tract.
What is the system that breaks down and absorbs food?
The first task of the digestive system is to break down food into a fine pulp (mechanical digestion). When the food is physically broken down, digestive chemicals break the food down into small molecules (chemical digestion). The mouth is the organ in which the process of digestion begins.(Google)
Do the small intestines perform chemical or mechanical digestion?
The only mechanic part of the digestive system of animals are the mouth/teeth or the crop in animals with no teeth.
Is the stomach wall part of the digestive system?
Yes, the stomach wall is part of the digestive system. It is responsible for mixing and breaking down food through the process of mechanical and chemical digestion before passing it on to the small intestine for further digestion and absorption of nutrients.
What is the importance of the pharynx and the esophagus in the digestion process?
While the pharynx and esophagus do not perform any mechanical or chemical digestive processes, they provide a critical service for the digestive system. They move food from the mouth to the stomach.
What body system begins with the oral cavity?
The digestive system begins with the oral cavity. This is where the process of mechanical and chemical digestion starts as food is broken down by chewing and enzymes in saliva.
What two digestive system occurs in the mouth?
Mechanical and chemical digestion both occur in the mouth (physically chewing and when saliva breaks down food into smaller bits).
Type of digestion that involves using enzymes and other body acid to break food down into smaller molecules?
Mechanical digestion is the physical mashing and pulling apart of food like chewing your food. Chemical digestion uses acids and enzymes to chemically break down the food until it is small enough to be absorbed through the wall of the small intestine.
