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In the mouth, food is cut and broken up by the teeth. This is a mechanical transformation known as mastication.
Saliva, secreted by the salivary glands, moistens food so it can become a soft paste called the alimentary bolus. This mechanical transformation is called insalivation.
Saliva contains an enzyme, called salivary amylase, which gets chemical digestion started. Amylase starts to transform starch.
The tongue is a very powerful muscle. It pushes the alimentary bolus to the back of the mouth for it to be swallowed.