Write a diary entry on the journey of a slice of cucumber as it passes through your digestive system.
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First the cucumber will go into your mouth. the teeth and jaws work to break up the food into smaller pieces, making it easier to digest. Saliva in the mouth contains a enzyme called Amylase, this enzyme breaks down starch into glucose. ... in just 5 seconds the broken down cucumber will enter the stomach.
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Diary entry on the journey of a slice of cucumber as it passes through our digestive system.
- While we ingest a piece of cucumber there is breakdown of the cucumber due to chewing of the food foster father more there is salivary amylase which works on the carbohydrate which is present in the cucumber to break down into to glucose.
- Then it reaches to the oesophagus due to the the movement which is known as peristalsis. Then there is is digestion of the carbohydrate even more by the gastric amylase and the pancreatic amylase. Finally it is absorbed in the body by the villi which is present in the small intestine
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