Question

How is food digested in mouth? For 1,&,3marks

Answer 1

1 mark
In the mouth,Chewing breaks the food into pieces that are more easily digested, while saliva mixes with food to begin the process of breaking it down into a form your body can absorb and use.

3mark
The mouth is the beginning of the digestive tract. In fact, digestion starts here as soon as you take the first bite of a meal.
I mouth,Food is chewed into smaller pieces. Adults have 32 specialized teeth—teeth that can grind, chew, and tear different kinds of food. The tongue is an organ consisting of skeletal muscles (voluntary muscles) that move the food around the mouth to allow for efficient mechanical digestion. Salivary glands beneath and in back of the tongue secrete the saliva that allows for easier swallowing of food and the beginning of chemical digestion.