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Chewing

Known as: Mastication, chew, chewed 
The process of biting and mashing food with the teeth prior to swallowing. [GOC:gvg]
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (1)

Bruxism
Masticatory SystemOral TobaccoOral cavityStomatognathic System

Broader (3)

Oral behaviorsjaw movementoral function

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Insect eggs suppress plant defence against chewing herbivores.
Plants activate direct and indirect defences in response to insect egg deposition. However, whether eggs can manipulate plant… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Latex: A Model for Understanding Mechanisms, Ecology, and Evolution of Plant Defense Against Herbivory
Latex is a sticky emulsion that exudes upon damage from specialized canals in about 10% of flowering plant species. Latex has no… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Pharmacokinetics of cathinone, cathine and norephedrine after the chewing of khat leaves.
AIM The stimulating herbal drug khat is habitually used in East Africa and the Arabian peninsula but is also imported into other… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The effect of corn silage particle size on eating behavior, chewing activities, and rumen fermentation in lactating dairy cows.
The objective of this experiment was to evaluate effects of reducing corn silage particle size on eating behavior, chewing… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Neurological aspects of areca and betel chewing
Abstract Betel quid chewing has been claimed to produce a sense of well‐being, euphoria, warm sensation of the body, sweating… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effects of increased hardness on jaw movement and muscle activity during chewing of visco-elastic model foods
Abstract. When food is chewed, sensory feedback adapts the motor program to the characteristics of the food. However, the… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
CRITICAL EVALUATION OF FIVE METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING CHEWING LICE (INSECTA: PHTHIRAPTERA)
Five methods for estimating the abundance of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) were tested. To evaluate the methods, feral… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Olfactory Sensory-Specific Satiety in Humans
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Natural bites, food consistency and feeding behaviour in man.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Limits of human bite strength.
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