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What is the food broken down in the stomach called?
The medical term for it is "chyme" (KIME).
What is the difference between a bolus and chyme?
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How is a chyme formed?
chyme is formed in stomach. the food we eat is churned and then swollowed as bolus. this bolus is grinded and made into an paste , which is thouroghly mixed with the gastric juice in the stomach, and this is called as chyme.
A bolus is broken into a liquid called?
Chyme
What is Bolus when mixed with gastric juices?
Chyme
In which organ is bolus turned into chyme?
The stomach
What is the difference between chyme and bolus?
Bolus is the food that is mashed up in your mouth. After it is digested in the stomach, the food is called chyme. Bolus is more alkaline than chyme because it is exposed to alkaline saliva. Teeth and saliva turn food into bolus. It is then swallowed and passes through the esophagus into the stomach. Chyme has a higher acidity content than bolus because it was exposed to hydrochloric acid in the stomach. Chyme enters the small intestine after digestion in the stomach.
What are some results from breakdown of bolus in the stomach?
Chyme
What adds acidic juices to the bolus and mixes it?
Chyme
What is bolus called after it moves out of the stomach?
Food becomes bolus after it's been chewed and swallowed. It then turns to chyme as it leaves the body. Once chyme has left from the stomach, it is then called feces.
Define the term chyme?
Chyme is a soupy blend of bolus and digestive juices. The bolus is chewed up food mixed with saliva after it has been swallowed and has traveled down the esophagus into the stomach. After the bolus enters the stomach, the stomach adds digestive juices, a combination of the hormone gastrin, and enzymes such as intrinsic factor, hydrochloric acid, and pepsinogen. Then it becomes chyme. It continues to be chyme until it enters the cecum, when it turns into feces in the colon.
What is the name of the liquid mass that drips into the intestines from the stomach?
Bolus. Or, perhaps chyme.
