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RRMR

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on: Jun 27, 2018
What is the difference between mechanical digestion and chemical digestion?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is the prostate gland and what is its function?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Mechanical digestion consists of mastication, deglutition, and peristalsis. Chemical digestion consists of the action of enzymes and acid to break down food.

Answer to Question 2

The prostate gland is a round gland at the base of the bladder. It completely surrounds the first part of the urethra and produces prostatic fluid, which is a milky substance that makes up some of the volume of the semen. The prostatic fluid contains an antimicrobial substance that acts against bacteria in the woman's vagina, as well as a substance that activates enzymes in the head of a spermatozoon so that it can penetrate the woman's ovum to fertilize it.


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