digestion in buccal cavity
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The food that we eat first comes in contact with the mouth and the buccal cavity. Ingestion is the process of intake of food. Teeth that are attached to the buccal cavity break down the food into smaller pieces.The teeth vary in their appearance and perform varied functions.
The mouth also contains salivary glands that secrete saliva. The saliva breaks down complex starches into simple sugars. Attached to the floor of buccal cavity is a free moving tongue. Besides its regular function of talking, the tongue also aids in this digestive system function by mixing the saliva with food. It not only helps in chewing and swallowing but also tasting the food. The tongue is rich in taste buds which detect the different tastes of food.
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food is not completely digested in buccal cavity it is only digested in intestine
- buccal cavity consists of tongue and teeth
- tongue help in the movement of food and
- teeth helped in the grinding and chewing of food