It's been a while since I've looked at my Anatomy stuff (two weeks AGH), but I believe that mechanical digestion is the physical breaking down of food (chewing, churning, etc) while chemical digestion is the breaking down of macromolecules (proteins, lipids, carbs, and nucleic acids) into monomers (ie. amino acids, monosaccharides, etc)platypusomelette wrote:Does anyone know what these mean?
"Compare and contrast mechanical and chemical digestion
Physiology of chemical digestion of proteins, fats and carbohydrates"
The second thing can be found on page 8 of the digestive system handout
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