Mouth

Question 1

What are the three major salivary glands

Answer 1

The parotid, submandibular and the sublingual glands

Question 2

Which substance in saliva is a protective enzyme which can kill bacteria.

Answer 2

Lysozyme

Question 3

Which substance in saliva is an enzyme that starts the breakdown of STARCH in the mouth?

Answer 3

Salivary amylase

Question 4

In mechanical digestion the mouth results from chewing. As a result the food is reduced to a soft, flexible, easily swallowed mass called

Answer 4

Bonus

Question 5

Chemical digestion in the mouth is contributed from two enzymes

Answer 5

Salivary amylase and lingual lipase

Question 6

What digestion in salivary amylase involved in?

Answer 6

Starch digestion

Question 7

What type of digestion is lingual lipase involved in and how is it activated?

Answer 7

Triglycerides digestion. It is activated by the acidic environment of the stomach and thus starts to work after food is swallowed).

Question 8

The salivary gland releases a secretion into the oral cavity called

Answer 8

Saliva