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2. 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. (T/F)

(d) The ruminants bring back swallowed grass into their mouth and chew it for some time. (T/F)

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(a) False, Digestion of carbohydrates, like starch, begins in the buccal cavity.

(b) True, The saliva breaks down the starch into sugars.

(c) True, bile juice that is stored in a sac called the gall bladder.

(d) True, In ruminants, bacteria present in rumen helps in digestion of cellulose.  

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