NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Salivary amylase affects oral perception of starches, preabsorptive metabolic signaling, and plasma glucose responses to ingested starch. These early controls of digestion result in differences in the efficiency with which starch is handled metabolically.

Detailed explanation-2: -First, salivary glands in the mouth make salivary amylase, which begins the digestive process by breaking down starch when the food is chewed. It converts the starch to maltose, a smaller carbohydrate.

Detailed explanation-3: -The glands associated with the digestion of starch are: Salivary glands: They secrete salivary amylase that breaks starch into maltose. Gastric glands: The parietal cells of the gastric glands secrete HCl and hydrolyzes sucrose to some extent.