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Saliva Summary
296 words, approx. 1 pages
Saliva is the principal secretion of the mouth and contains enzymes that play an important role in digestion. Saliva also lubricates the mouth and upper digestive tract. Contact with saliva assures that food is softer and moister, and therefore, more...
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Saliva
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Thick, colourless fluid constantly present in the mouth, composed of water, mucus, proteins, mineral salts, and amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starches. One to two litres are produced daily by the salivary glands. Small amounts are continually...
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Saliva : Biological Psychology
108 words, approx. 1 pages
Saliva is a clear fluid, without taste or odour, released from the salivary glands (the parotid, sublingual and submaxillary salivary glands—in the cheek near the ear, by the jaw and under the tongue respectively) in the MOUTH. It functions to...
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Saliva Information
1,087 words, approx. 4 pages
Saliva is the watery and usually frothy substance produced in the mouths of humans and most other animals. Saliva is produced in and secreted from the salivary glands. Human saliva is 98% water, which carries electrolytes, mucus, antibacterial compounds...
 


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Modern Hygienist
The science of saliva
03/01/2007: 1,714 words, approx. 6 pages
No longer taken for granted, a simple swab can speak volumes about the general and oral health of your patients. Saliva is a remarkable substance with many functions. We generally think of it as something to facilitate the digestive process, cleanse the mouth,...
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The Scientist
In Saliva Veritas
03/29/2004: 780 words, approx. 3 pages
Spit's potential diagnostic value has funding agencies putting money where the mouth is | By Eugene Russo A trip to the doctor's office generally entails a deposit of blood or urine from which some diagnoses can be produced after a laborious process. Now,...
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AP News
Indictment in Columbia grad student rape
6/1/2007: 402 words, approx. 1 pages
Saliva from a trash basket where an ex-convict spat contained DNA that matched skin cells from a T-shirt worn by a man accused of raping and torturing a Columbia University graduate student, prosecutors said.Assistant District Attorney Ann Prunty disclosed the DNA match in papers filed...
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AP Features
Suspect indicted on 71 counts in rape and torture of Columbia University graduate student
6/1/2007: 460 words, approx. 2 pages
During a savage, 19-hour-long sexual assault on a Columbia University graduate student, the attacker put on one of the victim's T-shirts, according to prosecutors.DNA from skin cells on that shirt was later matched to a suspect's saliva, after he spat in a trash basket in...
 


 

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