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Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
Which two organ system break down foods?
There is only one organ system that breaks down food. That is the digestive system. However the digestive system uses two processes to break the food down. They are physically and chemically.
Is your body able to absorb food if it is not chemically digested?
No, the body cannot absorb food that has not undergone the process of chemical digestion. Digestion breaks down food into nutrients that can be absorbed by the body through the walls of the intestines. If food is not chemically digested, the nutrients remain in a form that the body cannot utilize.
What is then organ that breaks down the foods?
The Intestines Breack Down Your Food
The process of breaking down food into usable materials?
Digestion is the process of breaking down food into usable materials, and is one function of the digestive system. The other function, absorption, makes these materials available to all cells in the body.
