Mark ‘T’ if the statement is true and ‘F’ if it is false:

a. Digestion of starch starts in the stomach (T/F).


b. The tongue helps in mixing food with saliva (T/F).


c. The gall bladder temporarily stores bile.


d. The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for some time.

(a). False.


Digestion of starch starts from the mouth.


(b). True.


Tongue mixes saliva with the food during chewing and helps in swallowing food.


(c). True.


Bile juices is stored in a sac called gall bladder.


(d). True.


The ruminants bring back partially digested food called cud into their mouth and chew it for some time. Ruminants include cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, deer, etc.


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