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What are the three protective mechanisms of saliva?
*saliva do. it helps break down your food while you chew
What is the watery liquid that begins the chemical breakdown of food?
The watery liquid that begins the chemical breakdown of food is saliva. Saliva contains enzymes that help break down carbohydrates in the food we eat, making it easier for the body to digest.
What does the saliva?
Saliva plays an important role in the digestion process by breaking down food, lubricating the mouth and throat, and aiding in swallowing. It also contains enzymes that help to break down carbohydrates. Additionally, saliva helps to keep the mouth clean by washing away food particles and bacteria.
What do salvary glands do?
The salivary glands secrete saliva into the mouth. Saliva has much importance to survival, because it begins to break down food, as part of the digestive system, and it keeps the esophagus lubricated when food goes down. Saliva also keeps the mouth clean, because it flushes out bacteria.
Is the mouth a chemical or mecahnical breakdown?
The mouth is involved in both chemical and mechanical breakdown of food. Mechanical breakdown occurs through chewing and mixing with saliva, while chemical breakdown is initiated by enzymes in saliva that start breaking down carbohydrates.
How does your saliva break down food?
it has special enzymes that break down food suckas
What helps saliva break down food?
Teeth
What mechanisms break down food?
first it's the teeth and saliva. after you swallow the food it is the stomach acids that break down the food.
What moistens the food in your mouth and begins to break it down?
your saliva
What are the three protective mechanisms of saliva?
*saliva do. it helps break down your food while you chew
What moistens food and begins to break down starch foods?
saliva moistens your food and it begins to break down starchy foods.
The digestion process starts in the?
Mouth. Mastication and saliva begins the food break down process
What is mixed with saliva to help break down food?
The acid in your stomach.
Is Saliva basic neutral or acidic?
saliva is an acidic because it helps break down food before you swallow it
Why do you need to mix food with saliva?
Mixing food with saliva helps to break down carbohydrates in the food into simpler sugars, which can then be detected by taste buds. Saliva also contains enzymes that aid in digestion, making it easier for the body to absorb nutrients from the food we eat.
Why person is salivating?
They do this to help break down Food and saliva has germ fighting things in it.
What substance contains enzymes that help break down food before digestion?
Saliva
