chyme
(noun)
the thick, semifluid mass of partly-digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
Examples of chyme in the following topics:
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Intestinal Phase
- The intestinal phase occurs in the duodenum, responds to arriving chyme, and moderates gastric activity via hormones and nervous reflexes.
- Individuals with diabetes have a higher probability of suffering from delayed clearance of chyme from the duodenum.
- Chyme also stimulates duodenal enteroendocrine cells to release secretin and cholecystokinin.
- The effect of this is that gastrin secretion declines and the pyloric sphincter contracts tightly to limit the admission of more chyme into the duodenum.
- This gives the duodenum time to work on the chyme it has already received before being loaded with more.
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Pancreatic Juice
- Pancreatic fluid contains digestive enzymes that help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids in the chyme.
- These enzymes help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids in the chyme.
- Pancreatic fluid or juice contains digestive enzymes that pass to the small intestine where they help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids (fats) in the chyme.
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Absorption and Feces Formation in the Large Intestine
- The large intestine absorbs water from the chyme and stores feces until they can be defecated.
- The large intestine absorbs water from the chyme and stores feces until it can be egested.
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Hormones of the Digestive System
- This hormone responds to the acidity of the chyme.
- This hormone is secreted in response to fat in chyme.
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Pancreas
- These enzymes help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids in the chyme.
- These enzymes help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins and lipids (fats) in the chyme.
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Processes and Functions of the Digestive System
- The bolus is converted into a slimy material called chyme.
- The stomach is a muscular bag that maneuvers food particles, mixing highly acidic gastric juice and powerful digestive enzymes with the chyme to prepare for nutrient absorption in the small intestine.
- Stimulatory hormones such as gastrin and motillin help the stomach pump gastric juice and move chyme.
- The complex network of hormones eventually prepares chyme for entry into the duodenum, the first segment of the small intestine.
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Organs of the Digestive System
- Here our bolus gets mixed with digestive acids, furthering breakdown, and turning the bolus material into a slimy mess called chyme.
- The chyme moves on into the small intestine, where nutrients are absorbed.
- As the chyme makes its way through each segment of the small intestine, pancreatic juices from the pancreas start to break down proteins.
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Types of Cells in the Pancreas
- These enzymes help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids in the chyme.
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Mucosa
- Food, mucous, and digestive juices pass through the lumen, and the mucosa comes in direct contact with digested food (chyme).
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Muscularis
- This is the inner oblique layer, and helps churn the chyme in the stomach.