The stomach is filled with Hydrochloric acid that signals the entrance of pepsin for the pancreas, the food is then churned by the (smooth) muscles into the stomach until the newly formed chyme (food) is released into the small intestine.
Pepsin helps in digestion of proteins, hydrochloric acid and mucus. HCl helps in killing bacteria present in food. When food leaves stomach it is partially digested soupy liquid called as chyme.
Food looks like broken apart food when it leaves the stomach. It is the aftermath of the food mixing together with stomach acid.
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Chyme
which of the following foods leaves the stomach first?
It si dissovled by stomach acid.
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The food material is called chyme once it gets out of the stomach.
The duodenum is where a lot of the food breakdown in the small intestines happens. It is the first place the food goes after it leaves the stomach, and it is where it is mixed with the enzymes from the gallbladder and pancreas.
This food is called chyme, and is still acidic when it leaves the stomach through the pylorus.
The small intestine.
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