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Saliva

Saliva (commonly referred to as spit, drool or slobber) is an extracellular fluid produced and secreted by salivary glands in the mouth. In humans, saliva is around 99% water, plus electrolytes, mucus, white blood cells, epithelial cells (from which DNA can be extracted), enzymes (such as lingual lipase and amylase), and antimicrobial agents (such as…

Composition, Behavior & Production

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Composition

Daily salivary output

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Saliva

Nodes139
Edges138
Triples70
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014388
Components1

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Saliva

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related to Composition · 20
Saliva → ABeta, Antibacterial, B12, Ca2, Cells, EC3, EGF, Electrolytes, Epidermal, LysozymeSalivary, Medically, Minor, Mucus, N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine, NAD, Opiorphin, Produced, The, Various, Water
related to Spitting · 9
Saliva → Camels, In, In China, SARS-CoV-2, SGD, Singapore, Some, Spitting, These
related to Wound licking · 9
Saliva → Florida, Gainesville, IgA, It, NGF, Researchers, Therefore, University, Wounds
related to Other · 6
Saliva → Certain, DNA, EGF, The, These, This
related to Glue to construct bird nests · 4
Saliva → Aerodramus, Apodidae, Many, Two
related to Daily salivary output · 3
Saliva → Experts, In, Production
related to Digestion · 3
Saliva → About, Salivary, The
related to External links · 3
Saliva → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Classical conditioning · 2
Saliva → In Pavlov's, Salivary
related to Production · 2
Saliva → Sympathetic, The

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salivary also mouth enzymes food digestion glands oral secretion cells spitting role humans calcium stimulation blood certain taste production water

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
maltoseinstance ofwhich is capable of breaking down starch into simpler sugars0.80text
dextrin that can be further broken down in the small intestineinstance ofwhich is capable of breaking down starch into simpler sugars0.80text
dirtinstance ofbut licking is likely to help clean the wound by removing larger contaminants0.80text
may help to directly remove infective bodies by brushing them awayinstance ofbut licking is likely to help clean the wound by removing larger contaminants0.80text
Salivarelated to Classical conditioningIn Pavlov's0.60section
Salivarelated to Classical conditioningSalivary0.60section
Salivarelated to CompositionProduced0.60section
Salivarelated to CompositionMedically0.60section
Salivarelated to CompositionWater0.60section
Salivarelated to CompositionElectrolytes0.60section
Salivarelated to CompositionMucus0.60section
Salivarelated to CompositionAntibacterial0.60section

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