NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HISTOLOGY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is chyme?
A
A particular type of digestive enzymes
B
What food is called after it has been digested by the stomach
C
A chemically active part of the small intestine
D
The passage that leads from the small intestine to the large intestine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The partially digested food with gastric juice is called chyme. This is the thick and acidic semi-fluid that is transported from the stomach to the small intestine.

Detailed explanation-2: -With its powerful muscles, the stomach begins churning and mixing the food into smaller and smaller pieces. Your digestive glands in your stomach lining produce stomach acid and enzymes, which mix with the food to form a murky semifluid mass or paste called 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.

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