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What is the fluid that makes chewed food wet and begins the digestive process is?
Saliva
What is the fluid that makes chewed food wet and begins the digestive process?
Saliva, or spit.
What do the six main organs in the digestive system do?
the six main organs help digest the chewed food
Where is food chewed?
food is chewed in your molars.
How do you use the word digest in a sentence?
The digestive system is a part of the human body.I dipped the delicious Digestive biscuit into my tea.He went to the doctor complaining of digestive complications.
What is food called once it's been chewed and swallowed?
Once food has been chewed and swallowed, it is referred to as "chime." This semi-liquid mass then moves into the stomach, where it undergoes further digestion. The term "chyme" is often used to describe this mixture as it progresses through the digestive system.
What part of the digestive system assists in food manipulation and swallowing?
Your tongue assists in food manipulation within the mouth, moving it to different areas of the teeth. It then assists in moving the chewed food to the back of the mouth for swallowing.
What is cud?
Cud is a portion of food that returns from a ruminant's stomach to the mouth to be chewed for the second time. More accurately, it is a bolus of semi-degraded food regurgitated from the reticulorumen of a ruminant. Cud is produced during the physical digestive process of rumination.
What does the mouth do in the digestive?
The mouth makes the food more chewed up so that it can go down easier through the esophagus. The chemical processes in the stomach work better when the food is chewed and able to soak up the stomach acid. The mouth also secretes enzymes in the saliva to help break down starches that are in the food.
What may happen to the food that we eat when mouth is not eorking well?
If your mouth isn't working right then your food will not get chewed up correctly.
Why is it important not to bolt your food?
It is easier for your body to swallow and digest well chewed food to get the nutrients and energy you need (especially meats and grains). If you don't chew your food properly, your digestive system needs to put as much energy into getting the energy out of the food, as it actually gets out of the food. Also, the digestive system is unable to get all of the nutrients out of the food before it is excreted.
How the digestive system starts?
In humans, digestion begins in the mouth where food is chewed and and swallowed with the assistance of the salivary glands.
