Difference between revisions of "Mouth"

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A human mouth with lips, tongue and teeth.

The mouth is the part of the body an animal uses to eat food and to breathe.

Singular Noun: Mouth

Plural Noun: Mouths

Not all mouths have teeth.

The tongue is the part of the mouth we use to taste.


The mouth of a cat.	A crab's mouth.

A bird mouth with beak and tongue.	The mouth of a goldfish.

The mouth is the part of the body an animal uses to eat food and to breathe.

A human mouth showing the tongue and teeth.

The mouth contains teeth for the mechanical digestion of food.

The mouth has salivary glands which makes the food moist so it is easier to swallow.

The saliva in the mouth also starts chemical digestion of food.

The mouth contains teeth for the mechanical digestion of food known as mastication.

The mouth has salivary glands which makes the food moist so it is easier to swallow.

The saliva also contains an enzyme called amylase which begins the chemical digestion of starch into shorter molecules.

The saliva has a pH of between 6.2 and 7.4 to provide the optimum pH for the amylase which works best at pH 6.7.

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 : The [[mouth]] has [[Salivary Gland|salivary glands]] which makes the food moist so it is easier to swallow.
 : The [[saliva]] also contains an [[enzyme]] called [[amylase]] which begins the [[Chemical Digestion|chemical digestion]] of [[starch]] into shorter [[molecule]]s.
+: The [[saliva]] has a [[pH]] of between 6.2 and 7.4 to provide the [[optimum]] [[pH]] for the [[amylase]] which works best at [[pH]] 6.7.