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Question
Explain the role of the mouth in digestion of food.
Answer in Brief
Solution
Role of mouth in digestion of food -
- Ingestion of food
- Breakage of food by Mastication
- Saliva aids easy swallowing of food
- Salivary amylase breaks starch into simpler carbohydrates.
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