MEDICAL
RECTUM AND ANUS
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Question
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Food broken down by chemicals is called
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mechanical digestion
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chemical digestion
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mechanical digestion involves physically breaking down food substances into smaller particles to more efficiently undergo chemical digestion. The role of chemical digestion is to further degrade the molecular structure of the ingested compounds by digestive enzymes into a form that is absorbable into the bloodstream.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sucrose is produced from the reaction of glucose with fructose. During digestion, each disaccharide is broken down into glucose by a type of chemical reaction called hydrolysis.
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