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what is the difference between mechanical digestion and chemical digestion in the mouth

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Mechanical digestion is chewing, and chemical digestion is the saliva in your mouth breaking down food.

Mechanical digestion is where the food is physically broken down into smaller pieces, such as in the mouth. Chemical digestion is where the food us chemically broken down into subtomic particles , starting with the saliva in the mouth and continuing throught the small intestine.