Mechanical Digestion

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  • Digestive System

• Mechanical Digestion

  • Chewing and breaking down food physically.
  • Food is broken apart into smaller chunks for your Digestive System.
  • Teeth

    • 32 teeth to acquire food

    • 2 sets of teeth

      • Deciduous teeth are called ;;; Milk teeth

      • Permanent

        • Adult teeth

    • Types of teeth

      • Incisors 8 Teeth

        • Incisors do what? ;; Bite, Cut, Chop and Grind

        • How many incisors do we have? ;; 8

        • Bite

        • Cut

        • Chop

        • Grind

      • Canines 4 Teeth

        • Canines do what? ;; Stab, Shred and Tear

        • How many canines do we have? ;; 4

        • Stab

        • Shred

        • Tear

      • Premolars 8 Teeth

        • Premolars do what? ;; Shred, Grind and Crush

        • How many premolars do we have? ;; 8

        • Shred

        • Grind

        • Crush

      • Molars 12 Teeth

        • Molars do what? ;; Shred, Grind and Crush

        • How many molars do we have? ;; 12

        • Shred

        • Grind

        • Crush