Biochemical Digestion Lab Report

“Mommy mommy mommy!”
“Yes sweetheart.”
“Can we get a cheeseburger?”
“Sure, but do you know how the cheeseburger is digested”
“No.”
“Do you want to know?”
“Sure.”
“First the burger goes through the mouth”
“What is a ‘mouth’?”
“A mouth is a part of the body where people use mechanical digestion and use their teeth to break down their food. With the help of saliva produced by the salivary glands, which produce enzymes, food is able to be broken down further. This is also the place where ingestion takes place”
“What are enzymes”
“Enzymes are very efficient catalysts for biochemical reactions. In the mouth there’s an enzyme that will help your food undergo chemical digestion”
“What is it”
“It is amylase. Which help digest starch into smaller molecules. This enzyme will help break down the bread since it is filled of carbohydrates. Next the food will go down the the pharynx.”
In the pharynx the is a flap of called the epiglottis which helps makes sure that the food doesn't go down the larynx which would lead to the lungs. After going through the esophagus. The esophagus is a long tube that runs from the mouth to the stomach, and uses peristalsis, a rhythmic wave-like muscle movement, to push food to the stomach from the throat.”
Mechanical digestion happened when the stomach contracts and mixes the food. Chemical digestion happens when the enzyme ‘pepsin’ helps break down the proteins such as the hamburger and the cheese. This is also where absorption happens. Next the food goes into the small