The ___________________ in the mouth secrete enzymes which help prepare the food for digestion in the stomach.

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The word that should be filled in the blank in order to complete the sentence, "The ______ in the mouth secrete enzymes which help prepare the food for digestion in the stomach." The answer would be saliva. Saliva contains salivary amylase that helps soften the food.

xenn [34]2 years ago

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The salivary glands persent in the oral caity secretes wide range of enzymes that help immensely, in the digestion of the food. This includes, saliva, lysozymes, lingual lipase, and haptocorrin. There are two types of salivary glands: serous glands and mixed glands.

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Express the following numbers as decimals: (a) 1.52 x 10^-2, (b) 7.78 x 10^-8, (c) 1 x 10^-6, (d) 1.6001 x 10^3.

Alchen [17]

Answer :

(a) 0.0152

(b) 0.0000000778

(c) 0.000001

(d) 1600.1

Explanation :

Scientific notation : It is the representation of expressing the numbers that are too big or too small and are represented in the decimal form with one digit before the decimal point times 10 raise to the power.

For example :

5000 is written as $5.0\times 10^3$

889.9 is written as $8.899\times 10^{-2}$

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(a) $1.52\times 10^{-2}$