Major three functions of teeth are
1.Aesthetics- It improves the look of the individual, as it gives supports to facial muscles and teeth are the one which converts ones smile to a million dollar smile.
2.Phonetics- It helps in speech.
3.Mastication- Major function to chew food.
food goes to your mouth and then your teeth chew up/grind/MASH then food and it goes down your esophagus and to your stomach , ready to be digested
allows to speak,chew,and add shape to face
Our teeth prepares our food for digestion by chewing.
The mouth breaks down food physically for easier passage through the GI tract, and your saliva breaks down food chemically for it to be more easily absorbed later on.
Help chewing
mouth, stomach, small and large intestine
to talk,eat,and breath
Chemical digestion begins in the mouth with the secretion of saliva from three pairs of salivary glands. Saliva contains the digestive enzyme salivary amylase.
To provide energy for movement, digestion and other bodily functions.
The digestive main functions are: ingestion (the taking of the food via the mouth. digestion- the mechanical and chemical break down of food by chewing and enzymes. absorption- food passes through the intestinal wall into the blood system and elimination- the removal of indigested waste
In the mouth? Saliva is a digestive enzyme. Maybe im missing the main point of this question.
Every part of the mouth aids in digestion. This includes the tongue and teeth. The mouth is responsible for the first part of digestion.
Ingestion (mouth) Digestion (mouth, stomach, small intestine, liver/gallbladder) Absorption (small intestine) Elimination (large intestine)
its from where the food goes into the digestive system so we can consider it as the main passage that leads to the further digestion...
The digestion process begins in the mouth.
The digestion process starts as soon as you put food into your mouth and begin to chew it.
Basically for passage of airway from mouth and nose to the lungs for oxygenation.