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Does the stomach store food for later use in the form of fat?
Fat is how the body stores food. However the stomach doesn't' actually store the food. The intestines will move the fat to various places in the body to be stored until needed.
What do the stomach do in the body?
mashes up food and breaks it down with stomach acid
How do food passes through the digestive system starting at the mouth?
It goes down the esophagus and into the stomach.
What are the Similarities and Differences between stomach and esophagus?
Both have food that passes through it. The esophagus is a long narrow tube that pushes down food to the stomach. The stomach is a muscle covered sac that continuously churns food
Describe the transport of gasses throughout the body?
Gas bubbles are carried along with digestive juices to the stomach, then they mix with food in your stomach and the food passes to the intestines, which carries the food and gasses.
What causes stools in the stomach?
The chewed food passes from our mouth to the oesophagus (gullet) . When it reaches our stomach the enzymes that are inside speed up the digestion process. This shows that a chemical reaction is taking place, when food is being digested. Later, the food passes from our stomach to other parts of our body and the things we ate before comes out when we excrete.
What part of the body holds food?
Your Stomach and your intestines Hold The Food In Your Body. But Your Mouth Chews The Food Down.
What breaks down food in your body?
Your stomach
What organ does your body use to digest food?
The stomach and small intestines are the primary organs responsible for digesting food in the human body. The stomach secretes digestive enzymes and acids, while the small intestines absorb nutrients from the digested food.
What happens to food after it enters the body?
ANSWER:Mouth --> Pharynx --> Esophagus --> Stomach --> Small intestine --> Large intestine Along the way food passes through accessory digestive organs such as the liver, gallbladder, etc.The small intestine absorbs nutrients, the main function of the large intestine is to absorb water. The large intestine also contains bacteria, called intestinal flora, to digest undigested food.
What does the stomach do to the food?
The stomach mixes the food with acid which helps to break down the proteins and complex carbohydrates so the body can utilize them.
Which structure does food pass from the mouth to the stomach?
• Esophagus Passes food from the mouth to the stomach
