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Mucin softens the food to allow it to slide down the oesophagous more easily
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What is saliva a mix of?
Chewed food mixed with saliva is called Bolus.
What is it called when food is going down the esophagus?
The chewed up lump of food is known as a bolus.
What is a ball of chewed up food?
A bolus is a ball of chewed up food.
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.
Food is chewed and moistened here?
Food is chewed and moistened in the mouth. The teeth in the mouth do the chewing, and the saliva does the moistening and beginning of carbohydrate digestion.
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.
When you really eat fast and swallow poorly chewed food?
You can get Indigestion!
What is when food is chewed and mixed?
Mechanical digestion
When food is chewed and mixed what type of digestion is it?
Mechanical digestion :)
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.
Describe the role of teeth in increasing the surface area of food?
Broken up by the teeth and mixed with saliva, which lubricates it so its easier to swallow.
What is saliva a mix of?
Chewed food mixed with saliva is called Bolus.
What moistens food and makes it easier to swallow?
Saliva
What is a mouthful of chewed food mixed with saliva which is ready for swallowing called?
i dont think that there is a technical name for it, its just whats in your question or chewed up food.
After being mixed where would the food go to be mixed with acid?
After being chewed, food goes down a tube called the esophagus and into the stomach which is very acidic.
After being swallow food goes in this place where its mixed with acid?
stomach
Where is food chewed?
food is chewed in your molars.
