Explain the process of digestion of food in mouth and stomach in the human body.
When we take food , the salivary amylase acts on it and breaks the carbohydrate to maltose further it helps in lubricating the food to move easily through oesophagus As the food reaches the stomach , the digestive enzymes or juices work on it . firstly there are 3 digestive juices in the stomach , hydrochloric acid (HCL) , Pepsin and mucous . HCL works on the food to change it to acidic medium . This acidic medium is required for the pepsin to work on the food , pepsin is protein digesting enzyme. it breaks down the protein into simpler protein. mucous is for protection against excess of HCL, when produced in stomach and corrodes its wall causing acidity. After the digestive juices of the stomach works on the food the spinchter muscle relaxes and opens so that food travels through duodenum and reaches small intestine . The small intestine is also called the site of digestion where all the food gets digested.
When we take food , the salivary amylase acts on it and breaks the carbohydrate to maltose further it helps in lubricating the food to move easily through oesophagus As the food reaches the stomach , the digestive enzymes or juices work on it . firstly there are 3 digestive juices in the stomach , hydrochloric acid (HCL) , Pepsin and mucous . HCL works on the food to change it to acidic medium . This acidic medium is required for the pepsin to work on the food , pepsin is protein digesting enzyme. it breaks down the protein into simpler protein. mucous is for protection against excess of HCL, when produced in stomach and corrodes its wall causing acidity. After the digestive juices of the stomach works on the food the spinchter muscle relaxes and opens so that food travels through duodenum and reaches small intestine . The small intestine is also called the site of digestion where all the food gets digested.
