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Saliva breaks down your food as you chew, softening it and making it smaller. It also lubricates the esophagus.
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What liquid helps soften food as you chew it?
Saliva in the mouth helps to soften food as you chew it. Saliva helps begin the breakdown of foods.
What does the food undergo in the mouth?
the food we eat soften because of the saliva
What secretes a liquid to help soften food as you chew?
Saliva.
What secretes a liquid to help soften food as you chew it?
Saliva.
What is secrete a liquid to help soften food as you chew it?
Saliva.
What changes does the food undergo in the mouth?
the food we eat soften because of the saliva
What helps food soften and start digestion?
Amylase in saliva starts the first process for digestion.When we chew our food,amylase acts over our food and turns it into a BOLUS stage.This is the first process for digestion..
Does the gastric juice soften and lubricate the food?
Gastric juices begins to break foods apart, which, by definition, softens the food into a mash-like substance. It adds lubrication to what the mouth/saliva provided.
What happens if we do not chew our food?
Chewing our food helps to soften and impregnate the food with saliva, which helps digestion and its passage to the stomach. Not chewing food could cause choking should the food pieces be too big, and become stuck or difficult to swallow.
What forms the bolus?
The bolus is formed when a peson bite or tear a piece of food in his\her mouth,threw it and soften with saliva and rool with tongue and push back down to the oesophagus
What makes dried food wet so that you can swallow it?
Some dried foods require soaking or cooking in liquid to hydrate. Others, such as meat jerky, soften from the saliva in your mouth as you chew.
