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It helps taste the food, it helps move it around the mouth, and it helps the mouth swallow the food by pushing it back toward the throat.
the tongue plays the role of moving around the food in your mouth.!
it rolls the food into tiny balls
It pushes the food down your esophagus.
When the teeth chews and grind the food the tongue rolls the food into a bolus and makes it easier for the food to go down the oesophagus(food tube).
it helps to chew the food so that it can go down the esophagus
It manipulates food so that it can be masticated.
Produce saliva And make the food smoother and easier to digest.
The tongue helps to digest food by moving the food around into the shape of an oval (a ball called a "bolus") so that it is easier to swallow. It pushes the food around to different teeth and to allow the bolus to mix with saliva, and then pushes the food into the esophagus.It helps us to taste and select suitable foods (e.g. if it tastes horrible then you will spit it out so that your body does not need to digest the horrible food).
What else can I help you with?
Why do you have a tongue?
You have a tongue to help mix your food with saliva and help push the moist food to the back of the throat to swallow.
How does liquid help digest food?
the saliva helps when you swallow food enzymes make it easier.
How does liquid help digest your food?
the saliva helps when you swallow food enzymes make it easier.
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.
How saliva in your mouth help us to swallow food?
i saliva does not reach the stomach, it gets broken down in the esophagus!
What moistens food and makes it easier to swallow?
Saliva
Why does a dog have saliva around its mouth?
A dog has saliva around its mouth to help with digestion and to keep its mouth moist. Saliva also helps to break down food and make it easier to swallow.
What happens when you consistently swallow saliva?
Swallowing your saliva is a natural thing. It helps you taste food and digest food. And your saliva most definitely will NOT cause problems in your stomach, if it does, we are all in a bad way since your saliva is the only way you can swallow food. Your stomach acid is one of the most powerful acids known to man, so I highly doubt your saliva can hurt it. I think you're okay to swallow your own saliva.
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
What is the use of saliva an example of?
The main use of saliva is to help with digestion by breaking down food and making it easier to swallow. An example of this is when saliva begins the process of breaking down starchy foods into simpler sugars as you chew.
What is in saliva that moistens food?
it contains enzyme amylase which digests starch,and a lubricant which makes food slippery and easy to swallow
How do salivary glands help a frog digest food?
Salivary glands in frogs produce saliva, which contains enzymes that begin the breakdown of food. When the frog catches prey, it secretes saliva onto the food to wet and soften it, making it easier to swallow and digest. The enzymes in the saliva help to break down proteins and carbohydrates in the food before it reaches the stomach.
