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When the meal you just ate is fully mixed, a round muscle at the bottom of the stomach-the sphincter- relaxes and some of the contents ofthe stomach are released into the small intestine. The first metre of the small intestine is called the duodenum, which is where most digestion takes place. This structure, has small tubes has small duxts that connect to the pancreas

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