Ingesting

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  • Stages of Food Processing

• Ingesting

  • Eat

  • Mechanical Digestion and Chemical Digestion

  • Enzyme in saliva ;; Amylase

    • Starch into Disaccharides
    • What does saliva break food down into? ;; Disaccharides

  • Bolus is a ;; Moist ball of food, as to not harm or scratch the digestive tract

  • Food is broken down in order to ;; increase surface area for absorption of nutrients

  • Bolus contacts soft palate it ;; intiates peristalsis

  • Peristalsis is ;; muscular contraction that pushes the food towards your stomach

  • Salivary Glands in the Mouth

  • Esophagus