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You cannot voluntarily activate your spit glands. When you put food in your mouth, they automatically begin to produce saliva to aid in the digestion of food. Sometimes just thinking about eating food can allow them to produce saliva.

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Where are your spit glands?

underneath your tongue


What kind of things will create spit?

The things that create spit are organs in your mouth called salival glands. They create your spit.


How do you trigere the spit glands in your mouth?

me nah know


Why mucus sometimes coming out of spit glands?

Because you are a freak


How do dogs spit?

dogs cannot spit becasue they do not have the same saliva glands that we have they have ones called saliva utocus which make green saliva if the dog is ill


How is protein digested by the mouth?

When you chew, you activate the salivary glands which breakdown protein in the food.


Do bulls spit?

As a matter of fact, Bulls have large spit glands which allow them to hack large loogies. When they spit, they feel that you are invading there spit space or S.S if you will. So when riding bulls, be aware of their dangerous spit attack. How do I know this? Because in fact i was an " Incognito Bull rider " in spain, or as the locals call it Espana, I was know as " The dragon tamer. "


How many spit glands do you have?

There are three major pairs of salivary glands: the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. There are also many tiny glands in your lips, the inside of your cheeks, and the lining of your throat and mouth.


What are saliavry glands used for?

The salivary glands are used to excrete saliva, commonly referred to as spit. Saliva not only lubricates and protects the mouth, but helps to break down and digest foods.


How does spit appear in your mouth?

Saliva, or spit, is produced by salivary glands in the mouth. These glands release saliva into the mouth through ducts, where it helps with digestion by moistening food and making it easier to swallow. Additionally, saliva contains enzymes that begin the breakdown of carbohydrates in food.


What are the little balls under your chin?

there's pretty much just glands under your chin that produces your spit in your mouth.


Why does your mouth start to water when you are about to eat a meal?

the salivary glands activate through hormonal stimuli located in the nose