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Modes Mechanical Digestion Chewing Epiglottis Uvula Churning Chyme

Mechanical digestion occurs through chewing (aided by epiglottis, uvula) and churning (forming chyme).

Modes of mechanical digestion include chewing, facilitated by structures like the epiglottis and uvula, and churning, which occurs in the stomach to form chyme.

Front modes of mechanical digestion
Back chewing (epiglottis, uvula), churning (chyme)

Tags: 6_1_digestion_absorption

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