MEDICAL
RECTUM AND ANUS
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bile
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saliva
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pancreatic juice
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chemical digestion in the mouth is minor but consists of salivary amylase (ptyalin, or alpha-amylase) and lingual lipase, both contained in the saliva. Salivary amylase is chemically identical to pancreatic amylase and digests starch into maltose and maltotriose, working at a pH optimum of 6.7 to 7.0.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Saliva includes enzymes that aid in the digestion of carbs in the diet. Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starches (complex carbs) into sugars that the body can absorb more easily.