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6. What is the function of taste buds? 7. How long does food stay in the stomach?8. How does the presence of acid in the stomach help? |
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Answer» Taste buds are sensory organs that are FOUND on your tongue and allow you to EXPERIENCE tastes that are sweet, salty, sour, and bitterAfter you eat, it takes about six to eight hours for food to PASS through yourstomach and SMALL intestine. Food then enters your large intestine (colon) for further digestion, absorption of water and, finally, elimination of undigestedfoodThe stomach acid HELPS in the digestion of food by degrading the food molecules; activates stomach proteases, in other words digestive enzymes; and prevents pathogenic infection |
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