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What is the major function of the large intestine?
To absorb the the water, minerals and Vitamins from waste products of digestion. It is almost liquid to semisolid at the proximal end of colon.
What absorb nutrients from chyme and puts them in the blood?
The small intestine (about 22 feet long in an adult) absorbs nutrients from chyme that comes from the stomach.
Why is chyme so important?
When you eat food, the stomach turns that food into chyme, it is so important because chyme is what the small intestines digest. Think about it, if you ate a big piece of chicken and it wasn't turned into chyme, your intestines wouldn't be able to handle it.
Where are vitamins digested?
Vitamins do not have to be digested, they can be absorbed directly from the gut contents
Partially digested food is called?
if the food is already has gone through the stomach then it is chyme
Why does the small instestine need to be so long?
The small intestine has to be long so that it can fully absorb all of the nutrients in the chyme (digested food).
How do you pronounce chyme?
'Chyme' is pronounced as 'kime'.
What is the most important factor for regulating secretions of the small intestine?
The presence of chyme
What is partially digested food called in the stomach?
The partially digestive food in the stomach is known by the name of Chyme.
What is Food in the stomach broken down by powerful acids turned into?
Chyme!! :))))))))
What is food called after exits the stomach?
It is called chyme once it gets out of the stomach into the small intestin.
What is the Churn food in the stomach called?
Chyme
