The soft mass of chewed food formed in the mouth and swallowed is called the
- A. chyme
- B. plaque
- C. calculus
- D. bolus
Explanation
The tongue shapes moistened, chewed food into a slippery bolus sized for swallowing. Chyme comes later, in the stomach, so order of appearance separates the two.
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