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When they reach the stomach mashed up food particles mixed up with?
Gastric juice
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.
What provides the mechanical action for food to be mixed with gastric juices as it moves toward the antrum?
spincters
What adds acidic juices to the bolus and mixes it?
Chyme
How do you use gastric in a sentence?
The stomach has gastric juices in it.
What organ secretes the gastric juices?
The stomach contains gastric acids to help break down foods.
What are gastric juices?
Gastric juices are secretions from the stomach lining that contain hyrdrochloric acid and an enzyme that digests protein.
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.
Where food is mixed with gastic juice?
Gastric juices act solely in the stomach. By the time foodstuffs enter the small intestines, it is already a mash.
What is the name for food that has been chewed and mixed with saliva?
A ball of chewed food mixed with saliva is referred to as a bolus.
Can gastric be substituted for stomach?
The word gastric refers to the stomach organ. For example, you could say "stomach juices" rather than "gastric juices" because those occur in the stomach.
Where is food mashed and mixed with digestive juices?
in our body lol
