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SCI-228 Week 1 Discussion: The Digestive System – Graded An A+ Imagine yourself eating a ham & cheese sandwich. What steps take place with regard to digesting the sandwich? The first step that t akes place with regard to digesting the sandwich is the cephalic phase. During this phase, the GI tract is prepared to digest food & this is also the earliest phase of digestion. The next step for digestion is chewing, whichstarts the mechanical digestion of the food. While chewing, saliva begins to se...