NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -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. Saliva also has an enzyme that begins to break down starches in your food. Esophagus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saliva contains a digestive enzyme called salivary amylase, which breaks down starch into sugar. Saliva has many functions in the digestion process as follows: It is used to lubricate the mouth. It helps to swallow the food.

Detailed explanation-3: -Saliva contains the enzyme amylase that breaks some starches down into maltose and dextrin. Thus, digestion of food occurs within the mouth, even before food reaches the stomach. Saliva does not digest the proteins.

Detailed explanation-4: -The tongue assists in moving the food around in the mouth and coating the food with saliva. It also helps in swallowing and speech.