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After it’s gone through mechanical digestion (chewing) and oral chemical digestion (salivary enzymes like amylase begin breaking down the constituent molecules of the food), and prior to entering the digestive tract via the esophagus.
Kevin Z
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∙ 15y agoChewing action in the mouth breaks down the food and mixes it with saliva, thus creating what is called a "bolus".
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What is bolus and how is it formed?
Bolus is the form which is taken by food which is being chewed. When you chew food in your mouth, saliva is excreted releasing amylase to break down the watch in the food. Your mouth (teeth, tongue etc) works in a certain way so that the food you are about to digest is formed into a ball shape called Bolus. It is turned into this shape so that it can move through the oesophagus more easily. Bolus will also be covered in digestive juices as it travels down the pipe however it breaks down once it reaches the small intestine.
What area of the stomach does the bolus of food first enter?
On my computer it shows that someone put this answer in reponse to the question: "Pretty sure it's the Cardiac Region, but I'm not 100% sure....."The bolus of food does indeed move from the esophagus and passes through the cardiac sphincter, which allows passage into the stomach. However there are three portions of the stomach: the upper portion called the fundus, the body of the stomach and the part nearest the small intestine called the pylorus. Hence, the area of the stomach the bolus of food first enters into is the fundus.
It is called the internal process which makes food absorbable?
The internal process which makes food absorbableAnswer this question…
What are the small storage spaces in a cell called?
The storage areas of a cell are called vacuoles. They are typically enclosed by a membrane and store food, excess water, or waste.
Any organism that makes its own food by photosynthesis is?
An organism that makes its own food by photosynthesis is an autotroph.
What makes food into a small lump called a bolus?
Food is transformed into a small lump called a bolus through the process of chewing and mixing it with saliva in the mouth. The mechanical and chemical breakdown of food in the mouth helps form the bolus, which is then swallowed and passes through the esophagus into the stomach where further digestion occurs.
What is a small mass of food called?
A bolus
What makes bolus?
The teeth are what makes bolus as they mash it up to form small lumps of food. the bolus is also soften by the muccin and made in a spherical shape by the help of tongue and palate this is when the bolus is completed
What is a ball-like masticated lump of food?
The mix of food and saliva made in the mouth is called a bolus.
When you bite into food your teeth tear and grind the food into a small ball called the blank?
bolus
What are a bolus and chime?
Food in the mouth is called bolus Once the food is passed it is called (becomes) chime
What is the mixture of saliva and food called?
That makes no sense...what about it???ther is noo answer
What is food called in your mouth?
Bolus
When food is in the stomach what is it called?
bolus
What is food called when swallowed?
bolus
What is the food broken down in the stomach called?
The medical term for it is "chyme" (KIME).
Where does peristalsis move food to?
Peristalsis starts in the back of the tongue and moves food down the esophagus to the stomach. The food is later squeezed into the small intestines where peristalsis moves the food 'bolus' (BOW-luss) down the small intestines to the large intestine, or colon. Peristalsis in the colon moves the bolus into the rectum, which makes you feel like you have to go to the bathroom. Peristalsis in the colon and rectum force the bolus down and out and into the toilet.
