MOUTH

MOUTH

Mouth is portion of your face starts with lips. It is the most interesting part which gives you real happiness of life like, eating which is possible only with mouth. It is the first portion of alimentary canal which receives food and saliva. It is the beginning of digestive system. The mouth is lined by mucus membrane and is usually moist, it contains teeth.

Functions:

Mouth plays an important role in eating, drinking, breathing and talking. Infants are born with sucking reflex by which they know to suck for nourishment and using their lips and jaw.

Diseases:

Mouth ulcers, fever blisters these are the common conditions which affect mouth also known as stomatitis, gingivitis are common mouth diseases. Developmental disease condition which affects mouth is cleft palate.

Interesting Facts:

Your mouth produces over 25000 quarts of saliva in lifetime. That’s enough to fill two swimming pools.

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