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Does physical or chemical digestion take place with the tongue?
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∙ 12y ago
chemical digestion due to the saliva breaking down food or other things in your mouth.
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Where does chemical and mechanical digestion take place?
what is responsible for chemical digestion in earthworms
What are three places that chemical digestion take place in?
Were does chemical digestion take place
When your body breaks down food into nutrients what type of digestion takes place?
When your body breaks down food into nutrients, chemical digestion is taking place. In contrast, physical digestion breaks down food mechanically into smaller particles.
Is food digestion a chemical or physical change?
Its a chemical change.
What are the two kinds of digestion and how are they different?
Long time ago when I studied this but I think you are looking at physical and chemical. Physical digestion is masticulation, chewing, crushing, grinding etc and takes place in the mouth. Chemical digestion is the breakdown of foods by substances such as bile acids etc. This process also starts in the mouth as saliva contains some digestive acids, but in the main part takes place in the large intestine.
Where do chemical digestion take place?
In the duodenum
Could chemical digestion take place if mechanical digestion did not occur?
Yes, chemical digestion can still take place even if mechanical digestion did not occur. Mechanical digestion helps break down food into smaller pieces, which can aid in the efficiency of the chemical digestion process by increasing the surface area for enzymes to work on. However, chemical digestion can still occur in the absence of mechanical digestion, but it may not be as effective.
What kind of digestion is taking place when enzymes break down food?
chemical digestion
Is digestion of food physical change or chemical change?
Digestion of food is a combination of physical and chemical changes. Physical changes occur as food is broken down into smaller pieces through chewing and grinding. Chemical changes take place as enzymes in the digestive system break down food into simpler molecules that can be absorbed by the body.
Where do most mechanical digestion takes place?
In the Mouth then the second is the Stomach
Does mechanical or chemical digestion take place in the rectum?
welll it takes place in both mechanical and chemical
Where does most chemical digestion take place and nutrients are absorbed into the blood?
chemical digestion takes place in the small intestine large intestine,mouth and stomach. Nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine and minerals in the large intestine.
