What is Saliva and what are it's functions
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●The digestive functions of saliva include moistening food, and helping to create a food bolus, so it can be swallowed easily.
● Saliva contains the enzyme amylase that breaks some starches down into maltose and dextrin.
●Thus, digestion of food occurs within the mouth, even before food reaches the stomach
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Produced in salivary glands saliva is 98 percent water but it containd many important substances, including electrolytes,mucud,antibacterial s compounds anf various enzymes. Tje digestive functions of saliva includes mpistening food,and helpind to create a food bolus so it can be swallowed easily.
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DEFINITION:
Saliva is a fluid substance formed in the mouths of animals, secreted by the salivary glands. Human saliva comprises 99.5% water plus electrolytes, mucus, white blood cells, epithelial cells, enzymes, antimicrobial agents such as secretory IgA and lysozyme
USES:
Keeps your mouth moist and comfortable
Helps you chew, taste, and swallow
Fights germs in your mouth and prevents bad breath
Has proteins and minerals that protect tooth enamel and prevent tooth decay and gum disease
Helps keep dentures securely in place
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DEFINITION:
Saliva is a fluid substance formed in the mouths of animals, secreted by the salivary glands. Human saliva comprises 99.5% water plus electrolytes, mucus, white blood cells, epithelial cells, enzymes, antimicrobial agents such as secretory IgA and lysozyme
USES:
Keeps your mouth moist and comfortable
Helps you chew, taste, and swallow
Fights germs in your mouth and prevents bad breath
Has proteins and minerals that protect tooth enamel and prevent tooth decay and gum disease
Helps keep dentures securely in place
HOPE IT HELPS YOU
PLEASE MARK AS BRAINLIEST
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