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What is the name of the organ in the digestive system where the chemical breakdown of food primarily occurs?
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Some chemical digestion of carbohydrates occurs in the mouth with salivary amylase. Most chemical digestion occurs in the duodenum of the small intestine.
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∙ 14y agoThe stomach and the intestines help a lot in digestion.
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Which chemical reactions would be needed to convert a polypeptide into small subunits?
Proteolysis is a chemical reaction that would be needed to convert a polypeptide into small sub-units. By definition, proteolysis is the breakdown of proteins into smaller polypeptides or amino acids. The breakdown occurs through a process called hydrolysis in which the chemical bonds are separated by the addition of water.
What part of the digestive system do the mechanical digestion?
Mechanical digestion is the breakdown of food through chewing, mixing, or churning. Mechanical digestion occurs in the mouth and stomach. The food is physically torn apart through the teeth, tongue, stomach contractions, etc. This is counterpart to chemical digestion, where acids and other enzymes chemically pull apart the food.
Although chemical digestion occurs throughout the digestive system it mostly occurs in the?
The stomach and the small intestine are the most important part for digestion. You CAN NOT live without a small intestine, since most nutrients are also absorbed from there also.
Where in humans does most chemical digestion occurs?
most chemical digestion occurs in the duodenum
A coiled tube in which chemical digestion occurs?
The small intestine is a coiled tube in which chemical digestion occurs.
Saliva pre-digestion through ezymes in saliva is chemical change?
The first chemical change that happens in the body in regards to digestion, the breakdown of foodstuffs, occurs in the stomach. The saliva breakdown would be a physical change.
Name two regions of the digestive tract where mechanical food breakdown processes are very important?
The mouth (by chewing) and the stomach (by gastric motion).
What part of the Digestive system does chemical digestion takes place?
It occurs from the stomach through the small intestine.
Where in the body does chemical digestion take place and they are controlled by?
Chemical digestion occurs through out the digestive tract with the possible exception of the esophagus. It is regulated by enzymes that help speed it up.
What does the word weathered mean?
Weathering in geology means the chemical and mechanical breakdown of rocks that occurs due to the weakening of these rocks by changes in the environment, such as temperature.
Which chemical reactions would be needed to convert a polypeptide into small subunits?
Proteolysis is a chemical reaction that would be needed to convert a polypeptide into small sub-units. By definition, proteolysis is the breakdown of proteins into smaller polypeptides or amino acids. The breakdown occurs through a process called hydrolysis in which the chemical bonds are separated by the addition of water.
How does the esophagus perform mechanical digestion?
Peristalsis. The movement of muscles bringing the food to the stomach.
Is the esophagus chemical digestion or mechanical digestion?
No chemical or mechanical digestion occurs in the esophagus, only propulsion, which is one of the six digestive processes.
What part of the digestive system do the mechanical digestion?
Mechanical digestion is the breakdown of food through chewing, mixing, or churning. Mechanical digestion occurs in the mouth and stomach. The food is physically torn apart through the teeth, tongue, stomach contractions, etc. This is counterpart to chemical digestion, where acids and other enzymes chemically pull apart the food.
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).
Although chemical digestion occurs throughout the digestive system it mostly occurs in the?
The stomach and the small intestine are the most important part for digestion. You CAN NOT live without a small intestine, since most nutrients are also absorbed from there also.
What occurs in the digestive system exclusively?
Digestion.
