Mouth

Mouth

In animal anatomy, the mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food.

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Famous quotes containing the word mouth:

    “Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 15:17.

    “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 15:18,19.

    “A mouse does not run into the mouth of a sleeping cat.”
    —Estonian. Trans. by Ilse Lehiste (1993)