2006-11-13 10:10:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
to bite, i believe.
2006-11-13 10:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mastication or chewing is the process by which food is torn and/or crushed by teeth. It is the first step of digestion and it increases the surface area of foods to allow more efficient break down by enzymes. As chewing continues, the food is made softer and warmer, and the enzymes in saliva begin to break down carbohydrates in the food.
After chewing, the food (now called a bolus) is swallowed. It enters the esophagus and continues on to the stomach, where the next step of digestion occurs.
Mastication is chiefly possible thanks to powerful muscles, masseter and temporalis, as well as smaller muscles that allow fine control. They move the mandible against the upper jaw and enable crushing of relatively hard food.
In humans, the mandible is connected with the temporomandibular joint that permits movement in all planes.
Cattle and some other animals, called ruminants, chew food more than once to extract more nutrients. After the first round of chewing, this food is called cud.
2006-11-13 18:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by sangheilizim 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It means to chew
2006-11-13 18:18:14 · answer #3 · answered by Bren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to chew
2006-11-13 18:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To chew
2006-11-13 18:17:50 · answer #5 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's chewing and most people like to use it thinking they are being funny or cute.
2006-11-13 18:18:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to chew
2006-11-13 18:18:12 · answer #7 · answered by Caffeinated 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means "chew" - chomp chomp.
2006-11-13 18:13:13 · answer #8 · answered by Koko Nut 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means "to chew"...not what you want us to think it means. :\
2006-11-13 18:18:33 · answer #9 · answered by peachy78 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋