MEDICAL
GALLBLADDER AND EXCRETORY SYSTEM OF THE LIVER
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Question
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Which organ produces a substance that moistens food and contains an enzyme that begins to break down food?
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Pancreas
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Liver
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Salivary Glands
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Esophaus
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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. Saliva also has an enzyme that begins to break down starches in your food.
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.
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