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Assertion: The process of mastication in the buccal cavity primarily involves the physical breakdown of food.
Reason: Salivary amylase in the buccal cavity initiates the chemical digestion of carbohydrates by breaking down starch into maltose.
Both assertion and reason are correct, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both assertion and reason are correct, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
Both assertion and reason are incorrect.
Answers (1)
The assertion that the process of mastication in the buccal cavity primarily involves the physical breakdown of food is correct. Mastication, also known as chewing, involves the mechanical grinding and crushing of food using the teeth and jaw muscles.
However, the reason provided is incorrect. Salivary amylase, which is present in the buccal cavity, initiates the chemical digestion of carbohydrates, not in the buccal cavity, but in the oral cavity as a whole. Salivary amylase begins the breakdown of starch into maltose, but this process occurs after mastication, in the larger oral cavity, as the food mixes with saliva during swallowing.
Therefore, while the assertion is correct, the reason is not the correct explanation for it.
Hence, the correct option is 3.
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