Question

In humans, starch digestion begins in buccal cavity but stops in stomach why

Answer 1

Answer:

starch digestion is done by an enzyme called amylase which works only in neutral or alkaline medium. in stomach the gastric juice makes the ph acidic due to HCl so starch can not be digested.

Answer 2

Explanation:

$\tt\pink{\underline{Buccal\:Cavity}}$

→The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures.

→The buccal cavity may serve as a space to temporarily store the food inside of a person's (or another animal's) mouth as well as a space where this food will be soaked with saliva coming from the parotid gland. This will help begin the process of digestion.

→Mouth, also called oral cavity or buccal cavity, in human anatomy, orifice through which food and air enter the body.