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Does the stomach produce saliva

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Only the mouth produces saliva. The stomach organ produces gastric juices to break down foods.

Saliva breaks down starch , when food reaches the stomach ,starch will be mostly broken down , thus the need of a new substance to break other nutrients is needed , eg: pepsin.

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15y ago

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