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What mechanical and chemical digestion occur in the stomach?

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In the stomach, during digestion there are two types of:

-Mechanics: the degradation of food occurs, distension of the stomach walls is performed when they arrive, producing the Chyme.

Chemistry: through the participation of enzymes (pepsin activated by hydrochloric acid, which digests proteins in shorter amino acid chains and; gastric lipase that breaks fat giving glycerin products and fatty acids)

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