What Does Chewing Accomplish

question 250

Multiple Choice

What does chewing accomplish?

• A) grinding and breaking up food
• B) mixing food with saliva to facilitate swallowing
• C) reflexively increasing intestinal hormones
• D) grinding up food and mixing with saliva to facilitate swallowing

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