what is the role of saliva in the digestion of food? (if any silly answer is given I will report to brainally).
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Explanation:
Saliva has two main functions
• It makes the food wet so that it can easily move in alimentary canal
• Salivary amylase breaks the complex carbohydrates into simple sugar .
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The digestive function of saliva include moistening food and helping to create a food bolus , so it can be swallowed easily. saliva contains enzymes amylase that breaks some starches down it to maltose and dextrin .Thus digestion of food occurs within the mouth before reaches to the stomach
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