Question

food mixes with saliva to form a pulp known as..........? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Bolus, food that has been chewed and mixed in the mouth with saliva. Chewing helps to reduce food particles to a size readily swallowed; saliva adds digestive enzymes, water, and mucus that help chemically to reduce food particles, hydrate them for taste, and lubricate them for easy swallowing.

Answer 2

Bolus, food that has been chewed and mixed in the mouth with saliva. ... The term bolus applies to this mixture of food and solutions until they are passed into the stomach.