Question

i) What is the function of saliva and where it is produced. please batado ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Saliva is a thick, colourless and glistening liquid with about 98 per cent water in our mouth. The saliva contains chemicals like the mucus, salts, antibacterial substances and enzymes which help in the digestion of food especially starch.

The digestion of starch into a sugar called the maltose is done because of an enzyme, salivary amylase that the saliva contains.

Answer 2

Answer:

Saliva is a watery substance or an enzyme produced by salivary glands.

Salivary glands is mixed with food and then helps to digest the food in stomach.

Saliva is composed of many components such as electrolytes, mucus, antibacterial compounds and various enzymes.

More:

• Saliva is conosed of 98% water.
• Salivary production is reduces by deinking water.
• Saliva is main component of many immunoglobin.