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Teeth are very important in the digestion because they crush the food. the makes the food smaller in size, so it would be easy for tongue to mix those smaller pieces instead of larger ones. And this crushing or chewing also results in increasing the surface area of food that digested juice can act on, i.e the salivary amylase.
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∙ 13y agoChewing food helps digestion because it breaks down foods so the stomach doesn't have to do so much work. Saliva helps it to be liquefied and adds enzymes that begin digestion. If we just swallow chunks even without chewing, the food will still be digested but the process would take longer.
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∙ 7y agoIt makes swallowing easier; and also certain digestion enzymes are introduced into the food from the saliva at this stage.
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Chewing food in the mouth is an example of?
Mechanical digestion.
What type of digestion is used to break down food particles by chewing or grinding?
The answer is mechanical digestion. In mouth, it's mastication, or chewing.
What type of digestion is produced by breaking down and chewing food?
Chemical digestion
Indigestible food is what?
helpful to digestion
What is the main role of teeth in digestion?
Teeth are useful in chewing food. The process of chewing helps to break the bigger chunks of food into smaller easily digestible pieces.This helps in easy digestion of food.
What a 4 letter word for chewing and swallowing food?
digestion
Mechanical digestion prepares food for what kind of digestion?
Chemical Digestion. Mechanical digestion is the chewing of your food while chemical digestion is the processes that further break down the food like your saliva and stomach acids.
How does this activity relate to the purpose of chewing in preparing food for digestion?
when the food that was not grind looked like food entering our mouth and we are chewing it and the food was grined looked like food we were chewing and it was mixed with saliva.
How does this activity relate to purpose of chewing in preparing food for digestion?
when the food that was not grind looked like food entering our mouth and we are chewing it and the food was grined looked like food we were chewing and it was mixed with saliva.
What digestion organ of food is cut into small pieces?
chewing and swallowing
Which form of mechanical digestion begins in the mouth?
Chewing on the food
Which digestive process breaks down food by chewing?
mechanical digestion
