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Slippery liquid that makes food easy to swallow and helps to break the food down?
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What is a slippery liquid that makes food easy to swallow and helps to break the food down?
There are many different liquids that break down food. For digestion, however, there are two. Hydrochloric acid and the enzymes in saliva. The salivary enzymes prepare food by weakening it and slightly dissolving the material until it passes into the stomach where the much stronger hydrochloric acid breaks down the food into a nutritious soup that can then be absorbed into the bloodstream via villi in the small intestine.
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.
Is Saliva basic neutral or acidic?
saliva is an acidic because it helps break down food before you swallow it
What helps food to travel down?
Well you food is first chewed and softened in the mouth where saliva makes it water and slippery. Then when you swallow it is moved to the stomach by muscular contractions of the gullet called peristalsis. Indeed you can swallow quite effectively even while standing on your head.
Do birds swallow or break food?
Birds tend to use small pebbles when it comes to digesting food because when they swallow their food, the rock goes down with it. What the rock does in the crunches and shrinks the size of the food making the digestion process faster. Hope this helps ! (;
What bird helps you eat?
A swallow.
What is the name of the lid that covers the opening of the windpipe?
The lid that covers the opening of the windpipe is called the epiglottis. It helps prevent food and liquid from entering the windpipe when we swallow.
Is fairy liquid a acid or a alkili?
Fairy Liquid is a mild alkaline cleaning agent that helps to break down grease and grime due to its high pH level.
Is saliva a acidic basic or neutral?
saliva is an acidic because it helps break down food before you swallow it
Do people swallow with their tongue?
No, people do not swallow with their tongue. Swallowing is a complex process that involves coordination of muscles in the throat and esophagus to move food or liquid from the mouth to the stomach. The tongue helps push food to the back of the mouth during swallowing, but it is not responsible for the actual act of swallowing.
