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    Chewing Food

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    Chew Your Food SLOWLY When people think digestion they most often think of intestines and their stomach. The truth is that the digestion process actually begins in the mouth. The process of chewing is a vital component of the digestive process. The action of chewing mechanically breaks down very large amounts of food molecules into smaller particles. This results in food having increased in surface area‚ an important contributing factor to good digestion. Chewing your food well allows the food to

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    20/04/2013 Pepsin Experiment Experiment protocol to test the effect of temperature on the enzyme pepsin Lab Day: Tuesday Lab Time: 10-1pm Are you in Lab G20 (furthest from BSB Student Office) or Lab G21 (closest to BSB Student Office)?: G20 Demonstrator Name: Tamsin Peters Names of Group Members:     Roanna Humphries Daniel Markus Nicholle Cooke-Hayes Dean Do Rosario Pepsin Name of Enzyme You are Investigating: Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................

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    digestive tracts start with the mouth‚ and although they are formed differently in order to eat the different diets‚ both the mouths are used to grab‚ chew and push the food back to the oesophagus. Both the mouths produce saliva to start the chemical digestion and to aid with the foods transportation down the oesophagus. Most monogastric animals‚ excluding dogs‚ produce the enzyme amylase‚ which is made in the pancreas

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    transported through the xylem while the glucose is transported through the phloem. The epidermis allows the sunlight to readily penetrate through the leave for photosynthesis. 8) Explain the difference between mechanical and chemical digestion. Mechanical digestion is the actual physical break down of food into smaller pieces; for example‚ using teeth to grind food into smaller bits for it to go down throats.

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    functions. Our bodies’ uses up water all the time in various ways such as sweating from climate changes or physical activities or maybe even from illnesses or various health problems. We loos water from the body by breathing processes‚ sweating and digestion so its very important we maintain hydration at all times‚ but remember we can also over hydrate and loss essential vitamins and minerals through urine‚ but by regulated water intake through drinking water or eating foods that contain water we can

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    Intestines -Rectum -Anus B. ACCESSORY ORGANS/GLANDS -Salivary glands -Liver -Pancreas -Gall bladder -Appendix DIGESTIVE SYSTEM- responsible for the breaking down of food into simpler molecules. ABSORPTION- bringing food to the body cells DIGESTION-) the process of breaking down complicated chemicals in nutrients into forms that the body can use. ETYMOLOGY: Comes from the LATIN word DIGESTUS meanng to assimilate food. OTHER NAMES FOR THE SYSTEM: >gastrointestinal system >alimentary system

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    Small Intestine

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    Digestion In Small Intestine While digestion continues in the small intestine‚ it also becomes a major site for the process of absorption‚ that is‚ the passage of digested food into the bloodstream‚ and its transport to the rest of the body. - The small intestine is a long‚ narrow tube‚ about 20 ft (6 m) long‚ running from the stomach to the large intestine. - The small intestine occupies the area of the abdomen between the diaphragm and hips‚ and is greatly coiled and twisted. - The small

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    digestive juices that reach the intestine through small tubes called ducts. The gallbladder stores the liver’s digestive juices until they are needed in the intestine. Digestion involves mixing food with digestive juices‚ moving it through the digestive tract‚ and breaking down large molecules of food into smaller molecules. Digestion begins in the mouth‚ when you chew and swallow‚ and is completed in the small intestine. The digestive system is important because When you eat foods—such as bread

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    Biology By2 Revision

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    May 2011 10:53 Reptiles & Amphibians = swallow food whole Mammals = cut up and chew (palate separates nasal cavity & mouth - kept in mouth longer) Carnivore = short gut (easily digest protein) Herbivore = long gut (plant digestion difficult) Dentition Mechanical digestion = easier to swallow & increases surface area for enzyme action Herbivore Incisors Canines Lower jaw‚ cuts against horny pad (upper jaw) Indistinguishable from incisors Carnivore Sharp (tear flesh from bone) Large‚ curved‚

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    Assignment

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    NUR ASHIKIN BINTI MANSHOR DHM12-05112094 TUTORIAL DIGESTION SYSTEM OF CARBOHYDRATE Carbohydrate Digestion and Absorption Basically‚ digestion of carbohydrate involves conversion of the large molecules of carbohydrates like di-saccharides and polysaccharides into simple mono-saccharide molecules which can be easily absorbed by the body. The first step of digestion is the moment we put the food in mouth. As we chew the food‚ the saliva released by the salivary glands of the mouth starts

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