THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

Detailed explanation-1: -Saliva contains special enzymes that help digest the starches in your food. An enzyme called amylase breaks down starches (complex carbohydrates) into sugars, which your body can more easily absorb. Saliva also contains an enzyme called lingual lipase, which breaks down fats.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the Mouth to the Stomach The salivary glands in the mouth secrete saliva that coats the food particles. Saliva contains the enzyme, salivary amylase. This enzyme begins carbohydrate digestion by breaking some of the bonds between individual units of disaccharides, oligosaccharides, and starches.

Detailed explanation-3: -Assays of forty-five subjects disclosed a mean of 30.3 mg% for total non-dialysable carbohydrate, made up of 7.5 mg% hexosamine, 6.8 mg% fucose, 13.7 mg% hexose and 2.3 mg% sialic acid. There is also a small amount of dialysable carbohydrate present including about 0.5 mg% free glucose.