Digestion Essay The path of digestion begins in the mouth when food is broken down mechanically, into smaller pieces, by the teeth and tongue. The complex carbohydrates found in the food are also broken down chemically with the help of the enzyme (ptyalin), found in saliva.
apparent viscosity. (fluid mechanics). The value obtained by applying the instrumental equations used in obtaining the viscosity of a Newtonian fluid to viscometer measurements of a non-Newtonian fluid. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
That is because honey's viscosity is large compared to other liquids' viscosity. If I fill the same cup with water, for example, the cup will drain much more quickly. Viscosity is a measure of a fluid's resistance to flow. It describes the internal friction of a moving fluid.