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WARRIOR [948]
3 years ago
13

What does saliva also do

Biology
2 answers:
dedylja [7]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Saliva is a substance formed in the salivary glands. This substance helps to soften your food when chewing and make it easier for you to swallow. Hope this helped.

olya-2409 [2.1K]3 years ago
7 0
In addition to lubricating food for easier swallowing and to protecting against bacteria entering the mouth with food, saliva contains a large amount of amylase. And then starch and glycogen in your meals are broken into oligosaccharides by amylase . After the oligosaccharides entering the small intestine, they are completely decomposed by amylase, and disaccharidase. Finally, the monosaccharide is absorbed by the small intestine.
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