Question

what is the process of mixing of saliva with the food pieces is called?? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

bolus

Explanation:

digestion, a bolus (from Latin bolus, "ball") is a ball-like mixture of food and saliva that forms in the mouth during the process of chewing (which is largely an adaptation for plant-eating mammals). ... Under normal circumstances, the bolus is swallowed, and travels down the esophagus to the stomach for digestion.

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.