Question

What is the role of saliva in digestion of the food

Answer 1

Answer: saliva is formed in our mouth when we chew the food, as the food enters  in mouth saliva starts to digest starch present in it .

Answer 2

ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴜʀ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:-⏬⏬

ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏʟᴇ ᴏғ sᴀʟɪᴠᴀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪɢᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ғᴏᴏᴅ ɪs ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʙᴇʟᴏᴡ:

ɪᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇs ʟᴜʙʀɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ғᴏʀ ᴄʜᴇᴡɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏᴏᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀʏ ʟɪϙᴜɪᴅ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪs sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴀɴᴅs ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ ɪs ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀs sᴀʟɪᴠᴀ.

ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀʟɪᴠᴀ ɪs ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ғᴏᴏᴅ, ɪᴛ "ᴍᴏɪsᴛᴇɴs ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏᴏᴅ" ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴀ "ғᴏᴏᴅ ʙᴏʟᴜs" ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ "ᴇᴀsɪʟʏ sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ". ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴢʏᴍᴇ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀᴍʏʟᴀsᴇ, ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ sᴀʟɪᴠᴀ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪɴᴠᴏʟᴠᴇs ɪɴ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏғ sᴛᴀʀᴄʜᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀʟᴛᴏsᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇxᴛʀɪɴ.