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What is the difference between mechanical digestion and chemical digestion?

Mechanical digestion physically breaks food (chewing, churning); chemical digestion uses enzymes to break molecular bonds.

Mechanical digestion physically breaks food (chewing, churning); chemical digestion uses enzymes to break molecular bonds. A reliable way to keep them apart is to focus on what each one is defined by, not just the similar-sounding words.

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mechanical digestion vs chemical digestion

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