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What is mastification?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 4/28/2022

mechanical breakdown of food and mixing food with saliva, also called mastication.

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What does mastification mean?

(("Mastication" means; to chew and/or grind and knead.)) Yes, but seeing as the how the question asked what mastiFIcation means and not in fact mastication, I will answer this correctly. Mastification is the mechanical breakdown of food, then mixing the food with saliva. Thoroughly uncommon term.


What starts the digestive process for animals?

For anything the digestive process starts when you begin mastification, or chewing. then you swallow it.


Why does bread taste sweat in mastification?

the salivary amylase secreted by the salivary glands break complex food particles into maltose which is sugar


Break down food in the mouth?

the food we eat soften because of the saliva


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