HISTOLOGY
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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Question
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Food is chewed into smaller pieces and mixed with saliva here. What organ am I?
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mouth
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stomach
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small intestine
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large intestine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mouth. The digestive process starts in your mouth when you chew. Your salivary glands make saliva, a digestive juice, which moistens food so it moves more easily through your esophagus into your stomach.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the teeth tear and chop the food, spit moistens it for easy swallowing. A digestive enzyme in saliva called amylase (pronounced: AH-meh-lace) starts to break down some of the carbohydrates (starches and sugars) in the food even before it leaves the mouth.
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