HUMAN NUTRITION

NUTRITION

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ is where food is mixed with juices and is squeezed and churned until it becomes a thick liquid.
A
esophagus
B
stomach
C
small intestine
D
large intestine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The stomach muscles churn and mix the food with digestive juices that have acids and enzymes. These juices help break up food into much smaller pieces. By the time food is ready to leave the stomach, it has been turned into a thick liquid called chyme (kime).

Detailed explanation-2: -The stomach acts like a concrete mixer, churning and mixing food with gastric juice to form chyme-a thick, soupy liquid.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mixing of food in the human stomach occurs by peristalsis movement or wave. This wave occurs by muscular contractions that move towards the wall of the stomach.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stomach Here it is mixed with gastric juices. The stomach is a muscular bag and it churns the food to help break it down mechanically as well as chemically. The food is then squeezed through a second sphincter into the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum.

Detailed explanation-5: -Peristalsis is a series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract.

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