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Yes, the tongue is involved in the first stage of digestion, mastication, inwhich food is broken down mechanically into smaller pieces. Additonally, salivary glands begin the digestion of carbohydrates by secreting salivary amylase, which begins the breakdown of carbs and sugar.
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What is the name of the liquid in your tongue?
Saliva ,helps digest food
The tongue pushes food into a round lump called what?
The tongue pushes food into a round lump called a bolus before swallowing. The bolus is a compacted mixture of food and saliva that is easier to swallow and digest.
Does food give you energy as soon as you put it in your mouth?
no you need to digest it first but it will go strait into your bloodstream if it is under your tongue.
What organs and muscles does a frog use to catch and digest its food?
they use their tongue to catch the food, they use their mouth to chew it, they use their eyes to push the food down it's throat, their esophogus to swallow and their food, their pancreas to produce digestive enzymes and their stomach as a place to digest it.
What does the tongue and the saliviar glance do?
The tongue tastes, and it makes shapes to form words with the mouth, the salivary glands lubricate the movement in the mouth and helps produces the emszym amalase to digest food
What is the tongue's role in the digestive sytem?
Without a throat you won't be able to breath, consume food and water and other liquids.
Can a flatworm digest food?
Yes, they can digest food.
Do flatworms digest food?
Yes they do digest food.
Do snails digest their food?
Yes, snails do digest their food.
Can a mushroom digest its food?
no it cant digest its own food
digest?
people digest food through their mouth then they eat food then the food goes through their ******
How does a human digest food?
humans use stomach acid to digest the food
