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Saliva is needed for the initial step in the digestion process and the swallowing of food.
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∙ 10y agoIt is important to chew food and mix it with the saliva to make it into a bolus which is further digested in the stomach and in the small intestine.
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In which part of your body is water used for softening food?
Both fluids and saliva are added to food in the mouth. In the stomach, mostly acid is added.
Where is digestive juices produced?
Digestive juices is produced in the stomach and small intestine. The mouth does not produce digestive juices, it is only saliva. The food will stay in the stomach for 2-5 hours and digestive juices are added to make it softer and then, the food travels to the small intestine where more digestive juices are added.
What makes the food soofter in your mouth saliva?
saliva
What kind of food does the saliva acts on?
Saliva acts on starch
Does saliva need to be present in order to taste food?
No, you need taste buds, not saliva to taste food.
What is the equation when a saliva is acidified with HCl and BACl. acidified with HNO3 and added with NH4MoO4. acidified with HCl and added with NH4C2O4?
saliva acidified with HCl and BaCl: Ba++ + SO42- ---> BaSO4 saliva acidified with HNO3 and added with NH4MoO4: H2PO4- + 12MoO42- +3NH4 +22 H3O+ ---> (NH4)3 + 12MoO3 + 34H2O saliva acidified with HCl and added with NH4C2O4: Ca++ + C2O4 ---> CaC2O4
What contains an enzyme that starts the chemical digestion of food?
saliva is the substance in the mouth that contains enzymes to help with digestion before the food is swallowed.
Does saliva move food into the stomach?
Saliva is used to start the digestion process.
What is saliva a mix of?
Chewed food mixed with saliva is called Bolus.
What is the application of saliva?
saliva mixed with our food and help to digest it easily. Due to this blood can easily absorb nutrient from food.
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 mixed with chewed food to make it easier to swallow?
Mucin softens the food to allow it to slide down the oesophagous more easily
