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Find out the 5 function of Saliva ?
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Shreya Gour 7 years, 6 months ago

1. Helps in digestion of carbohydrates 2. Helps in proper mixing of food 3. breaks down starch by the function of “salivary amylase” 4. Helps chewing and swallowing. 5. moisturizes the inside of the mouth and creates smoother speech. 6. Solvent effect: dissolves food and allows the tongue to taste food. Hope this will help u....
it also helping to create a food bolus, so it can be swallowed easily.
Saliva contains a digestive enzyme called salivary amylase, which works only on carbohydrates, and breaks down starch into sugar. Saliva also help in moistens the food for easy chewing and swallowing.
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