Assertion: mechanical digestion | /r/CapableOf | begin in the mouth
Facets:
value: by the physical act of mastication
type: MANNER
value: with chewing
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth as the food is chewed.
text: Mechanical digestion starts in the mouth, with the physical processing of food by the teeth, and continues in the stomach.
text: It begins in the mouth with chewing.
text: Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth and continues in the stomach -- it involves the physical crushing and churning of large particles of food to produce a soupy mixture called chyme, explains Dr. Lauralee Sherwood in her book "Human Physiology.
text: Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth by the physical act of mastication (chewing).
text: Mechanical digestion starts in the mouth.