chyme in English

noun
1
the pulpy acidic fluid that passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food.
The rate of emptying of chyme from the stomach varies with the composition of the meal.

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1. Chyme from stomach enters small intestine through pyloric valve (enlarged above)

2. When the chyme is fully digested, it is absorbed into the blood.

3. Bilification A near-extinct term for: (1) Bile production, cholegenesis; or (2) A mixture of chyme with bile.

4. Certain glands in this chemical plant serve to neutralize the acidity of the chyme received from the stomach.

5. The release of these hormones into the blood is stimulated by the entry of the acidic chyme into the duodenum.

6. What does Chyle mean? A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fat extracted from chyme by the lacteals during digestion and passed to

7. After the chyme has been moved forward a certain distance the peristalsis automatically stops and the “rhythmic segmentation,” as it is called by some, resumes.

8. The duodenum also produces the hormone secretin to stimulate the pancreatic secretion of large amounts of sodium bicarbonate, which then raises pH of the chyme to 7.

9. In this way half of each previous segment becomes part of a new segment, with the result that constantly new surfaces of the chyme are exposed to the chemical actions and absorptive surfaces of the intestines.

10. The Cecum is the most proximal part of the large intestine and is located between the ileum (distal small bowel) and the ascending colon. Having served as a site for cellulose digestion in our ancestors, the Cecum now simply acts as a reservoir for chyme which it receives from the ileum.