Labels:book | bulletin board | dialog box | monitor | sky | window OCR: Functions of the Digestive Organs Organ Function Secretion Oral Cavity Teeth Mastication (cutting and grinding 0 food); None communication Lips and cheeks Manipulation of food hold food in position Saliva from buccal glands between the teeth; communication (mucus only) Tongue Manipulation of food: holds food in position Some mucus small amount between the teeth; cleaning teeth; taste: serous fluid communication Salivary Glands Parotid gland Secretion saliva through ducts to superior Serous saliva only, with amylase and posterior portions of oral cavity Submandibular Secretion Of saliva in floor of oral cavity Serous saliva with amylase glands mucous saliva Sublingual glands Secretion of saliva in floor of oral cavity Mucous saliva only Pharynx Deglutition (movement of fooc from oral Some m ...
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