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There are various organs in the digestive system that have the function of breaking down the food that one person consumes, starting with the mouth, where teeth and saliva start the process needed to convert the food into the 'bolus', which then passes through the esophagus to the stomach, where more processing takes place, through the aid of gastric juices, finally, the processed food goes to the small and large intestine. It's in the small intestine where the nutrients of the food are absorbed into the blood.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe stomach breaks down food and the small intestine absorbs the nutrients.
A small amount of food/nutrients is absorbed through the lining the stomach.
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∙ 12y agoliver
Actually, the organ system you are referring to is called the digestive system.
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What organ breaks up food?
tongue
What organ breaks up food and begins digesting?
The mouth.
What is the name of the organ that breaks up food and starts digestion?
Your stomach.
What organ mechanically breaks up food during mastication?
teeth
What organ breaks up food and mixes it acid for digestion?
.....The stomache.....
What liquid absorbs food?
No liquid absorbs food because the food is to big to slurp up.
What is the name of organ structures that break up food into smaller parts and mix it with salvia for easier swallowing?
The name of the structure that breaks up food into smaller parts and mixes with salvia is called teeth.
How does a dogs eat?
The food gets chewed up in the mouth, and travels through the esophagus into the stomach. Then food absorbs all the nutrients, and breaks it up into waste. The waste travels through the small intestine, through the large intestine and out the rectum.
What is the stomach useful for?
The stomach initiates the digestion of proteins.
What organ helps break up food?
Respitory
What body process breaks food into nutrients?
Once the food has reached the stomach and is worked on by enzymes to break them down into absorbable forms of proteins and carbohydrates and other nutrients the 'food' is now passed into the small intestine from where it is absorbed accross the small intestine lining through the cells into the blood and taken round the body. On its way round the body, the nutrients in the blood are absorbed into the places where they are needed. To sum this up, the body absorbs the nutrients into the blood through capillaries in the intestines.
What breaks up food into small parts and mixes it with saliva?
Teeth
