NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HISTOLOGY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The “soupie” mixture in your stomach is called ____
A
chyme.
B
bile.
C
saliva.
D
mucus.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The stomach wall produces gastric juice (hydrochloric acid and enzymes) that digests proteins. The stomach acts like a concrete mixer, churning and mixing food with gastric juice to form chyme-a thick, soupy liquid.

Detailed explanation-2: -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). Chyme.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chyme is a churned semi-solid food that is formed in the stomach of the digestive tract. The semi-digested food from the mouth enters the stomach where it gets mixed with gastric juice that contains certain enzymes and hydrochloric acid.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chyme is a semifluid mixture of partially digested food and digestive juices. It is initially produced in the stomach and further processed in the small intestine. The process of digestion begins in the mouth.

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