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What happens when the juices from the pancreas are mixed with the chyme in the upper part of the small intestine?
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Chyme is neutralized in the small intestine by secretions from the?
Pancreas
The mixture of gastric juices and food that enters the small intestine?
chyme
What are the juices present in small intestine?
pancreatic juice chyme bile
What is the oval organ that sends fluid into the small intestine to chemically digest and neutralize chyme?
pancreas
How is the pH of the stomach maintained?
Alkaline pancreatic juices are secreted into the small intestine and neutralize the acidic chyme.
The pancreas secretes which substance to help the small intestine digest food?
carbohydrates, protein, and fat in the chyme.
When the pancreatic juices have mixed with the chyme in the small intestine which of the following describes the pH of the resulting mixture?
From this point, the chyme remains at a neutral or slightly alkaline pH.
Which substance neutralizes stomach acid as chyme enters the small intestine?
Bicarbonate is the secretion that neutralizes stomach acid as chyme enters the small intestine. Bicarbonate is necessary because chyme is highly acidic. Bicarbonate is created in the pancreas.
What would happen to some of the nutrients in chyme if the pancreas did not secrete its solution into the small intestine?
The nutrients in the chyme would not be absorbed by the villi and your body would not get the nutrients.
What are the structures that add enzymes to chyme in the small intestine?
the mouth adds saliva and that breacks down the food
Body organ which produced sodium bicarbonate?
The pancreas secretes sodium bicarbonate if it's healthy and working correctly
What happens to chyme in the small intestine?
chemical digestions breaks the food apart
