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lysosomes, by giving broken particles to nucleus

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Enzymes are responsible for breaking down food chemically. They catalyze chemical reactions that break down complex nutrients into simpler molecules that can be absorbed by the body for energy or other purposes.

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Q: What breaks down food chemically?
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What is the one word that physically and chemically breaks food?

Chewing physically breaks food, while the saliva chemically breaks it down.


What body part breaks down food?

In your mouth, saliva from your salivary glands chemically breaks down carbohydrates and lipids. Your stomach chemically breaks down food with hydrochloric acid and makes the food soupy. Enzymes and other substances continue the break down of food in the small intestine. So, food is chemically broken down in the mouth, stomach, and small intestine.


Which organ breaks down food chemically and then absorbs the nutrients?

stomach


How the stomach works in the digestive system?

The stomach mechanically/chemically breaks down food. It adds acid and mixes it into the food.


what occurs in stomach?

muscle churn the food pepsin and hydrochloric acid chemically breaks down food food turns into liquid called chyme.


What occurs in the stomach?

muscle churn the food pepsin and hydrochloric acid chemically breaks down food food turns into liquid called chyme.


The group of organs that break down foods?

Your GI, or gastrointestinal, tract breaks down foods. The make-up of the food you ingest will determine how it's broken down. Your mouth mechanically (chewing) breaks down all food and chemically breaks down carbohydrates. Your stomach breaks down proteins and fats. Your small intestine breaks down everything else via pancreatic acids and enzymes. Majority of carbohydrates break down in the small intestine.


What breaks down food into what that cells can absorb What breaks down food?

1.) What breaks down food into what that cells can absorb what breaks down food ? The answer is B wich is Digestion . = Lexy.B


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.


What is weathering that breaks down rocks without changing it chemically?

erosion


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.


What stores and breaks down food?

There is NO organelle that breaks down food, AND stores it. Vacuole = Stores water and food particles. Lysomes= Breaks down food particles.