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

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 : The [[mouth]] contains [[teeth]] for the [[Mechanical Digestion|mechanical digestion]] of food known as [[mastication]].
 : 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 [[maltose]].
+: The [[saliva]] also contains a [[Digestive Enzyme|digestive enzyme]] called [[Salivary Amylase|salivary amylase]] which begins the [[Chemical Digestion|chemical digestion]] of [[starch]] into [[maltose]].
-: 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.
+: The [[saliva]] has a [[pH]] of between 6.2 and 7.4 to provide the [[optimum]] [[pH]] for the [[Salivary Amylase|salivary amylase]] which works best at [[pH]] 6.7.