APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chyme or chymus (/kaɪm/; from Greek khymos, “juice") is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by a person’s or an animal’s stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum (the beginning of the small intestine).

Detailed explanation-2: -Once food is semi-digested it is known as chyme and is passed through the pyloric sphincter, a ring of smooth muscle at the lower part of the stomach, by muscular contractions into the duodenum.

Detailed explanation-3: -(DOO-ah-DEE-num) The first part of the small intestine. It connects to the stomach. The duodenum helps to further digest food coming from the stomach.

Detailed explanation-4: -The duodenum is the initial C-shaped segment of the small intestine and is a continuation of the pylorus. Distally, it is in continuation with the jejunum and ileum, with the proximal segment being the shortest and widest. Positioned inferiorly to the stomach, the duodenum is approximately 25 to 30 cm long.

Detailed explanation-5: -The duodenum is the first part of the small intestine. It is located between the stomach and the middle part of the small intestine, or jejunum. After foods mix with stomach acid, they move into the duodenum, where they mix with bile from the gallbladder and digestive juices from the pancreas.