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The process of digestion of food in humans begins in :


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(c) mouth.

  • The process of digestion of food in humans 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.

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