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What is inside the stomach?
The mixture inside the stomach is called chyme - a composite of acid, enzymes, and the food (bolus) that was consumed. The enzymes released in the stomach are called proteases, such as pepsin, which breaks down proteins into dipeptides and amino acids. The acid is hydrochloric acid created when parietal cells produce hydrogen and chlorine ions, making the solution in the stomach a pH of 1.5-2, low enough to dissolve iron nails.
Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
What happens in your stomach with acid?
the acid breaks down your food
What is inside of the stomach?
Insects
The stomach breaks down food with the help of acids called?
Neutralize acid help break down fat and prortein in the stomach.
What is the role of the stomach after the mouth is finishes to bolus the food?
After the mouth has finished chewing and forming the bolus, the stomach's role is to further break down the bolus through the process of mechanical and chemical digestion. The stomach muscles contract to mix and churn the bolus, while gastric acid and enzymes are secreted to help break down the food into a semi-liquid mixture called chyme. Additionally, the stomach helps control the rate at which chyme is released into the small intestine for further digestion and absorption.
What is Hydrochlorice acid?
The acid is a fluid that breaks down food in your stomach.
What is the acid in the stomach that breaks down food?
hydrochloric acid (HCl)
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 do the stomach do in the body?
mashes up food and breaks it down with stomach acid
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 type of acid breaks down food in your stomach?
digestive juice acid
