Digestion Steps (anatomy)

Chewing the food

• Physical/Mastication

• Chemical

• Amylase

• Pepsin

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Enzyme found in saliva

• Amylase

• Pepsin

• Chyme

• Villi

Stomach acid

• HCl

• H2O

• NaCl

• CO2

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Enzyme found in the stomach

• Pepsin

• Villi

• Amylase

• HCl

Digested food turned into liquid

• Chyme

• Amylase

• Pepsin

• Villi

Most digestion occurs here

• Mouth

• Esophagus

• Stomach

• Small Intestine

Food passes into bloostream thru these (finger-like)

• Villi

• Amylase

• HCl

• Chyme

Esophagus squeezing food

• Peristalsis

• Villi

• Pepsin

• Amylase

this organ does not digest at all

• esophagus

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine

first carbo breakdown is here

• large intestine

• mouth

• stomach

• small intestine