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Explain the role of mouth in digestion of food.

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(a) Food is crushed into small pieces by the teeth.
(b) It mixes with saliva and the enzyme amylase (found in saliva)
breaks down starch into sugars.
(c) Tongue helps in thorough mixing of food with saliva.
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