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noun - biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow
MASTICATION - Chewing or mastication is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion, and it increases the surface a...
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Working with teeth initially meshed, one side of cog breaking a channel |
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Jan 2 2015 The Telegraph - Toughie |
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bMasticationb or chewing is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion, and it increases the surface area of foods to allow more efficient break down by enzymes. During the bmasticationb process, the food is positioned by the cheek and tongue between the teeth for grinding. |
biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
the action of chewing food ( crushing it with the teeth) |
The process of chewing. |
The process of crushing as though chewed. |
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Chewing or mastication is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion, and it increases the surface area of foods to allow a more efficient break down by enzymes. During the mastication process, the food is positioned by the cheek and tongue between the teeth for grinding. The muscles of mastication move the jaws to bring the teeth into intermittent contact, repeatedly occluding and opening. As chewing continues, the food is made softer and warmer, and the enzymes in saliva begin to break down carbohydrates in the food. After chewing, the food (now called a bolus) is swallowed. It enters the esophagus and via peristalsis continues on to the stomach, where the next step of digestion occurs.Premastication is sometimes performed by human parents for infants who are unable to do so for themselves. The food is masticated in the mouth of the parent into a bolus and then transferred to the infant for consumption. (Some other animals also premast |