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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