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The mouth is the first place digestion takes place.
Your teeth break down the food into smaller pieces, while this is happening your saliva (secreted from the salivary glands) starts to chemically break down the food. Saliva is composed of 98% water and 2% electrolytes, mucus, antibacterial compounds, and various enzymes.
These enzymes in the saliva break down some of the starch and fat in the food at the molecular level.
Saliva also breaks down food caught in the teeth, protecting them from bacteria that cause decay.
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What parts in the mouth aid in digestion?
Every part of the mouth aids in digestion. This includes the tongue and teeth. The mouth is responsible for the first part of digestion.
Which best describes the role of the esophagus in the digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
What role does the esophagus play in the digestion of food?
It carries the food from your mouth to your stomach
Which best described the role of the esophagus in digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
Which describes the best role of the esophagus in digestion?
It carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
Which parts of the digestive system aid in chemical digestion?
Is the stomach but begins in the mouth.
What body parts is not involved in mechanical digestion?
Chemical digestion takes place in the stomach, the intestines, (saliva or enzymes) these parts of your body also use mechanical digestion.
Which parts of the system started the digestion?
The first step in digestion occurs in the mouth where enzymes in the saliva begin to break down food ready for the stomach.
What is the role of your lips in digestion?
The role of your lips in the digestive process is basically nothing. The only role that comes to mind is to keep all the food you are chewing from coming out of your mouth.
What parts of the body are involved in digestion?
The mouth, salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, kidneys, small intestine, and large intestine are involved in digestion.
Type of digestion that takes place in the mouth and stomach?
Both chemical and mechanical digestion take place in the mouth and stomach. The organs both break food into smaller parts, and use enzymes to break down food chemically.
Which enyzme is produced in the mouth and what is it's role in digestion?
the enyzme is called salivary amylase, used to help digest starch
