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They chew it. The stomach further breaks down the food into small pieces by excreting hydrochloric acid and peptidases, and the stomach muscles churn the food to thoroughly digest it all.
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Why don't snakes chew their food?
Fish can chew on food, they can only chew on small soft pieces because the have small teeth that let the chew their food.
What do fry fish eat?
good question... they can eat normal flake food broken up in to small pieces or the normal food you have.as well as this they can eat some live food as long as it is small
What are 2 ways food is broken down in the stomach?
The stomach is a sac shaped like a "j" and is about eight inches long. In the stomach, food is mixed with acids. The muscles in the stomach move, which helps break down the food. The stomach is protected from the acid by a lining. From the stomach, the food pulp is sent to the small intestine. Food leaves the stomach a little bit at a time.
How are the lion and the hyena able to digest rotten food?
Lions & Hyenas have very powerful teeth that break down their food using their molars..then which the food travels down the windpipe and to the stomach and intestines ,which they poo out the excess....
What is the difference between detritivores and decomposers?
Decomposers are differrent from producers because producers make their own food and decomposers break down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consumes or absorbes the nutrients.
How is food broken down into smaller particles?
. A fork and a knife. Your teeth and your saliva.. a butler. A midget
What grinds food mechanically into small pieces?
your teeth and tong. as you chew your teeth crush and grind the food into small pieces, the saliva causes the food to chemically break down and your tong moves it around in your mouth to make the small ball that can be swallowed.
What is the function of a mollusks radial?
It it used for feeding (NovaNet) :)
What are some functions of enzymes in the body?
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What part of your body breaks down food and absorbs nutrition's?
The small intestine is the primary organ responsible for breaking down food and absorbing nutrients. Enzymes in the intestine help break down food molecules into smaller units that can be absorbed into the bloodstream for distribution to the rest of the body.
What does the mouth do to aid in digestion?
It chew food in to small pieces and adds saliva for digestion. The process of digestion is to take large food particles and break them down into small food particles. Chewing mechanically reduces the size of the food particles. The saliva helps breaks down starch into sugar.
Is the food in your small intestine experiencing a chemical or mechanical break down?
chemical break down
Is chewing food to break it down into smaller pieces a physical or chemical change?
Yes.
What is a substance used to break down food?
small intestine
What in the stomach and small intestines break down food?
enzymes
What are two functions performed by the digestion system?
the break down of food into little pieces and then the digestion of them
How the intestines break down food?
There are certain glands and enzymes in the stomach and the intestines that help to break down the food.
