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When food is mixed with saliva, it undergoes the initial stages of digestion. Saliva contains enzymes, primarily amylase, which begin breaking down carbohydrates into simpler sugars. Additionally, saliva helps moisten the food, making it easier to chew and swallow, and it also contains antimicrobial agents that help protect against pathogens. This process is essential for proper digestion as it prepares the food for further breakdown in the stomach and intestines.
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What processes happen when the food is in the mouth?
The food is chewed and mixed with saliva to begin digestion, and to help the food pass through the esophagus to the stomach. Saliva contains the enzyme amylase, also called ptyalin.
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.
Once the food in your mouth what does it get mixed with?
It gets mixed with saliva.
What is when food is chewed and mixed?
Mechanical digestion
What is food mixed up with when you chew?
saliva(spit)
What are the different types of saliva?
There are three main types of saliva: serous saliva, mucous saliva, and mixed saliva. Serous saliva is watery and contains enzymes that help break down food. Mucous saliva is thicker and helps lubricate food for easier swallowing. Mixed saliva is a combination of both serous and mucous saliva, which aids in digestion and protects the mouth.
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 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 mixed with saliva to help break down food?
The acid in your stomach.
Food is ground into pieces and mixed with with saliva in the dark crevices?
esophagus
What happen to the person who ate the food who have saliva of a dog?
If u eat dog food or anything that has dog saliva on then something will happen to u I don't know what do u Please answer if u do
What is saliva a mix of?
Chewed food mixed with saliva is called Bolus.
