How Does Mouth Affect The Human Body?

The mouth which is also called the oral cavity is associated with the accessory organs such as teeth, salivary glands, and tongue. The mouth is where digestion starts. Our teeth are used to chew food into really small pieces and our saliva contains enzymes that begins the process of digestion. Our tongue occupies the floor of the mouth and mixes food with saliva to form bolus which is a compact mass that forms food into a lump that helps initiates swallowing. The mouth begins the process of swallowing which carries food through the pharynx and into the esophagus. The esophagus is long muscular tube which is about 25 cm and 10 inches long. Food is routed into the esophagus and the epiglottis closes off the larynx of the food. The esophagus is also assisted by the mucosa, sub mucosa, and layers of muscle …show more content…
The liver is located almost entirely under the rib cage to provide some protection. The liver cleans and filters the blood also it contains fewer nutrients and waste materials than the blood that entered inside of it. The liver also produces bile at (600-1000 mill a day. Bile is a yellow- green pasty material containing water, bile salts, acids, pigments, cholesterol, phospholipids, and electrolytes. The liver also produces blood proteins, cholesterol, and sugars. The liver is composed as storage for vitamins, hormones, cholesterol, minerals, sugars, and release them into the bloodstream. The gallbladder is about the size of a kiwi fruit, it has thin walls and contains a green muscular sac which is about 10cm 4 inches long. The gallbladder stores bile which is not needed for digestion and concentrates it by absorbing some of its water and ions. Bile is also a major vehicle for excreting cholesterol from the body and also help to digest fat. After eating the gallbladder becomes flat like a deflated