Step by step how is food digested,starting with the mouth,the starting point of digesting food, or the intake of food. 1. Mouth etc. Please continue.
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Well it depends how much detail you want...I'll keep it simple.
Food enters the mouth and goes through mechanical digestion through chewing which breaks the food into smaller pieces, and chemical digestion through the enzymes in saliva.
Food then moves down the esophagus into the stomach, where chemical digestion occurs through gastric juice which is produced in the stomach. The gastric juice contains enzymes which further break down the food. Mechanical digestion also occurs through the movements of the stomach called peristalsis. This further breaks up the food into a fluidly substance.
The food then moves into the small intestine. The food moves along the small intestine due to the muscles in it contracting and relaxing. The food is further broken down into smaller molecules here. Eventually the food reaches a part where the small molecules that have been broken down in the food are absorbed by the walls of the intestine into the blood where its transported around the body.
The remaining food that hasn't been absorbed moves along the large intestine, where the water is absorbed from it, before the substances that can't be absorbed are released through the anus in faces (poo). Other organs like the pancreas are also involved, although the food doesn't directly pass through them.
answered 4 months ago
Digestion starts in the mouth where chemical and mechanical digestion occurs. Then the partially digested food slowly travels down the esophagus through the process of peristalsis. Then it enters the stomach where, again, mechanical and chemical digestion occurs. Then it enters the small intestines where nutrients are absorbed. Finally, it enters the large intestines, or colon, where water is absorbed. Then it exits your body through the rectum or anus.
answered 4 months ago
Food enters through mouth. After chewing it enters through oesophagus to the stomach.in the stomach it gets further process of digestion and digested food enters in small intestine and non-digestible food enters to large intestine.digested is absorbed in the blood and provide nourishment while non- digestible food passes out as faeces.
answered 4 months ago
very good except, all food is digested, and what ever is needed for nourishment is used it is unused food that is the bowels, not being rude,just didn't want any wrong information going to anyone as we have young ones reading, I must say you know your S---.(smile)
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perfect answer,this should be helpful to anyone that reads it. Thanks....Peace
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