Select the correct answers. What happens when food reaches the stomach? A. Nothing, because no digestion occurs in the stomach. B. The food moves quickly to the small intestine. C. The stomach completely digests the food. D. Gastric juices mix with food to partially digest it. E. Amylase breaks down the carbohydrates into maltose.
D. because the gastric juices cause the food to break down. Think of it like putting Styrofoam in rubbing alcohol. It dissolves. In the case of gastric juices, it partially dissolves it.
