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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.
What is saliva a mix of?
Chewed food mixed with saliva is called Bolus.
Digestive enzymes in the mouth?
Saliva, Amylase, Bolus
What are the digestive enzymes in the mouth?
Saliva, Amylase, Bolus
What is the function of the esophogas?
It's pronounced ESOPHOGUS. and the function of it is to send food into the stomach from the oral cavity.
What is a ball-like masticated lump of food?
The mix of food and saliva made in the mouth is called a bolus.
Why it is important to chew food and mix it with saliva?
to make it into a bolus
What is the properties of saliva?
Saliva means the liquid stuff in your mouth to help you digest your food when chewing (spit)
What does Saliva do while you eat?
it's forms the food into Bolus which is then swallowed
What is the mixture of food and saliva after eating?
Called a bolus, at least after having exited the stomach.
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 in saliva that moistens food?
it contains enzyme amylase which digests starch,and a lubricant which makes food slippery and easy to swallow
