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Food is ground into pieces and mixed with with saliva in the dark crevices?
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What system do teeth go into?
the digestive system they are there to initially grind and break the food introduced to the body into manageable pieces to be mixed with enzymes and moisture in the saliva.
Do you chew suck or swallow lozenges?
Lozenges are sucked on until small and thin. Then, the small pieces can be swallowed. You swallow the saliva mixed with the lozenge's medicine.
What is the name for food that has been chewed and mixed with saliva?
A ball of chewed food mixed with saliva is referred to as a bolus.
Once the food in your mouth what does it get mixed with?
It gets mixed with saliva.
What is saliva a mix of?
Chewed food mixed with saliva is called Bolus.
What happen to starch if the saliva was boiled before it is mixed with starch?
to remove bacteria in saliva
What moistens the bolus in the mouth?
While being masticated, the bolus is mixed and ground in with saliva from the glands in the mouth, which naturally makes it moist. Saliva also contains the enzymes amylase and lipase, which begin the breakdown of some macronutrients, like carbs.
What is food mixed up with when you chew?
saliva(spit)
What does the taste of bread change when mixed with saliva?
tasteless
What is when food is chewed and mixed?
Mechanical digestion
Where is enzyme amalayse found in human body?
In the mouth, as your teeth are grinding and mashing your food into smaller, more manageable pieces, amalayse is mixed in with your saliva and is used to break down starches into sugars
What is the meaning of ptyalin?
An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.
