Question

The process of digestion of food in humans begins in :

• A. small intestine
• B. mouth
• C. food pipe
• D. stomach

Answer 1

The correct option is B mouth

Correct Option: (c) mouth.

• The process of digestion of food in humans begins begins in the mouth itself.
• The teeth cut the food into small pieces, chew and grind it and perform physical digestion while the saliva contains an enzyme called salivary amylase, which digests the starch present in food into sugar and helps in chemical digestion.