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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.


When you really eat fast and swallow poorly chewed food?

You can get Indigestion!


What is when food is chewed and mixed?

Mechanical digestion


When food is chewed and mixed what type of digestion is it?

Mechanical digestion :)


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.


Describe the role of teeth in increasing the surface area of food?

Broken up by the teeth and mixed with saliva, which lubricates it so its easier to swallow.


What moistens food and makes it easier to swallow?

Saliva


What is a bolus full of food?

A bolus is a compact mass of chewed food mixed with saliva that is ready to be swallowed. It forms in your mouth during the chewing process before being pushed down the esophagus and into the stomach for digestion.


What is a mouthful of chewed food mixed with saliva which is ready for swallowing called?

i dont think that there is a technical name for it, its just whats in your question or chewed up food.


After being mixed where would the food go to be mixed with acid?

After being chewed, food goes down a tube called the esophagus and into the stomach which is very acidic.


After being swallow food goes in this place where its mixed with acid?

stomach


Where is food chewed?

food is chewed in your molars.