Question

Digestion of food starts in stomach.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Digestion beginning:

1. Digestion begins right in the buccal cavity firstly by the action of teeth which chew the food into fine mashed particles and due to the action of salivary amylase secreted by the salivary glands the starch in the food gets broken down into maltose and dextrin.

Stomach:

1. It is a J-shaped pouch that receives the bolus from the oesophagus which connects the buccal cavity to the stomach.
2. The stomach releases HCl which activates the pepsin enzyme in the stomach and breaks down the proteins.

Final answer:

The given statement is false.