It makes the food smooth so that it can easily pass down the stomach.
It makes the food in our mouth smooth so that it easily pass down the stomach
the taste and smell of food activates three paur of salivary gland which secerete saliva,saliva contain enzyme salivary amylase(ptylin) which convert starch into maltose i.e sugar.hence digestion itself starts in mouth
It helps in digestion of food as it wets the food so that it becomes liquidified and thus the food is easily broken and swallowed
Saliva is been secreted by the salivary glands present in the mouth. This is very much slippery and it is an enzyme.
When we take in the food the food must enter into oesophagus so this enzyme helps in this process
It helps to push the food we eat into the food pipe.
Saliva contains the enzyme amylase, which is capable of breaking down starch into simpler sugars such as maltose and dextrin that can be further broken down in the small intestine. It also moistens the food for easy swallowing.
Saliva is a fluid secreted by salivary glands.This is the first digestive enzyme that acts on food.The saliva contains an enzyme called salivary amylase that breaks down starch which is a complex molecule to give sugar. The food is mixed thoroughly with saliva and moved around the mouth while chewing with the muscular tongue.
Saliva digests carbohydrates present in food in mouth itself, this process doesn’t occur in stomach b’cause the enzymes present in sliva(salivary amylase) are absent in stomach.
It frstly digest carbohydrates present in food in mouth itself , where this process doesn’t takes in stomach
