GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -With each wave, the pyloric sphincter opens and allows a little bit of chyme to pass into the duodenum. As the duodenum fills, it puts pressure on the pyloric sphincter, causing it to close. The duodenum then uses peristalsis to move the chyme through the rest of the small intestine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Once the chyme is well mixed, waves of muscle contractions propel it through a valve called the pylorus and into the upper section of your small intestine (duodenum). The pylorus might release about an eighth of an ounce (about 4 milliliters) of chyme at a time.

Detailed explanation-3: -After its passage through the stomach, ingested food turned into acidic chyme arrives in the first segment of the small intestine, a U-shaped tube called the duodenum. The duodenum produces hormones and receives secretions from the liver (bile) and pancreas (pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes).

Detailed explanation-4: -The pyloric sphincter controls this exit of partially-digested food from the stomach into the duodenum, so that only small amounts are passed through at a time.

Detailed explanation-5: -Release of a greater amount of chyme at one time would overwhelm the capacity of the small intestine to handle it. The rest of the chyme is pushed back into the body of the stomach, where it continues mixing. This process is repeated when the next mixing waves force more chyme into the duodenum.