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Which body parts are included in chemical digestion?
the stomach
What body parts is not involved in mechanical digestion?
The brain is not directly involved in mechanical digestion. It plays a role in initiating the digestive process through signals but does not physically participate in breaking down food.
What does emzymes mean?
substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion substance created by the body to carry out chemical digestion
What chemical substance that are absorbed by the body through the process of digestion are called?
There are many. Digestion is a twofold process; physical digestion and enzymatic digestion. Physical digestion is the act of eating food to break it into smaller parts. Enzymatic digestion is where enzymes (chemical compounds produced by the body) break the food down at a molecular level. Enzymes include salivary amylase, pepsin, lipase, trypsin and many, many more.
Organ responsible for chemical digestion and absorbtion of food?
The small intestine is the organ responsible for both chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients from food. Enzymes and bile break down the food, while nutrients are absorbed through the small intestine's lining into the bloodstream for distribution to the body's cells.
What is a major body system?
Respiratory, Digestion, etc.
Chemical substances that cause specific chemical changes during digestion are called?
Nutrients are substances that are absorbed by the body through the process of digestion.
The process in which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules is called?
Mechanical digestion. The actual grinding and physical breaking down of food. Chemical digestion breaks down food using chemicals/enyzyms and chemical reactions.
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 is the name of the chemical reaction that is also called digestion?
The chemical reaction that is also called digestion is called hydrolysis. In this process, water is used to break down complex molecules into simpler ones that can be absorbed by the body for energy and nutrients.
What is the process by which food is broken down into molecules small enough to be absorbed by the body?
chemical digestion
Chemical digestion would not be possible without that speed up the rate of chemical reations in your body?
enzymes
