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saliva does not reach the stomach, it gets broken down in the esophagus!
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What is the task of the saliva in your mouths?
The saliva in the mouth adds an enzyme to the food being chewed to help break it down before it gets swallowed. Saliva also adds moisture to the food to help make it easier to swallow.
What is the properties of saliva?
Saliva means the liquid stuff in your mouth to help you digest your food when chewing (spit)
Why you cant live without saliva?
I'm not positively certain - but if I would have to guess, I'd say it's obviously to keep your mouth moist and to help swallow food better - because I think it would be hard to swallow any kind of food with a dry mouth.
Why do you have a tongue?
You have a tongue to help mix your food with saliva and help push the moist food to the back of the throat to swallow.
How does liquid help digest your food?
the saliva helps when you swallow food enzymes make it easier.
How does liquid help digest food?
the saliva helps when you swallow food enzymes make it easier.
What do the mouth do?
The mouth is the first part of the digestive system. It is here that the food is chewed. With the addition of saliva which contains the enzyme amylase the food is crushed made small enough to swallow with help from the lubricating saliva. It is formed into a bolus or small ball and passes down the Oesophagus to the stomach. It also helps with breathing because you can breath in and out with your mouth and you can eat with your mouth
How did digestive juice work in your mouth?
to help you swallow the food
What do mouths do?
The mouth is the first part of the digestive system. It is here that the food is chewed. With the addition of saliva which contains the enzyme amylase the food is crushed made small enough to swallow with help from the lubricating saliva. It is formed into a bolus or small ball and passes down the Oesophagus to the stomach. It also helps with breathing because you can breath in and out with your mouth and you can eat with your mouth
What contains an enzyme that starts the chemical digestion of food?
saliva is the substance in the mouth that contains enzymes to help with digestion before the food is swallowed.
What two things help food to be broken up in the mouth?
teeth and saliva
What are 3 important things that help begin to chew your food?
Mouth, teeth and saliva.
