MEDICAL
STOMACH
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Question
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What breaks down the food
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saliva
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The teeth
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the first stomach
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None of the above
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Explanation:
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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Those enzymes start to break down food the second they enter the mouth, working especially well on starches and fats. Saliva serves as a rinsing agent for the teeth and washes them effectively after every meal and snack. The fluid breaks down food particles that can get stuck in between teeth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Saliva contains salivary amylase enzyme, which breaks down the starch into simple sugar, maltose.
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