Answer
Digestion of food starts in the mouth. Saliva starts to decompose food in the mouth and that makes the digestion process easier to stamach.
Work Step by Step
Salivary glands play an important role in digestion because they make saliva. Saliva helps moisten food so we can swallow it more easily. It also has an enzyme called amylase that makes it easier for the stomach to break down starches in food.
