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- 1 What do we call the soupy mixture of food mixed with digestive juices?
- 2 What turns food into a liquid?
- 3 What is the food called when food blends completely with acidic gastric juices of the stomach by the churning movements of the muscular wall?
- 4 What is mixing and movement in the digestive system?
- 5 What is gastric juice and its function?
- 6 What is gastric juice made of?
What do we call the soupy mixture of food mixed with digestive juices?
The Digestive System
| A | B |
|---|---|
| stomach | food is churned and mixed with digestive juices. It stays here for several hours until it becomes a thick, soupy liquid called chyme. |
| duodendum | the first part of the small intestine where digestive juices from the liver and pancreas begin to break down your food. |
What turns food into a liquid?
The stomach walls contain three layers of smooth muscle arranged in longitudinal, circular, and oblique (diagonal) rows. These muscles allow the stomach to squeeze and churn the food during mechanical digestion. Powerful hydrochloric acid in the stomach helps break down the bolus into a liquid called chyme.
What is a mixture of food and gastric juices?
The term bolus applies to this mixture of food and solutions until they are passed into the stomach. Once the bolus reaches the stomach, mixes with gastric juices, and becomes reduced in size, the food mass becomes known as chyme.
What is the food called when food blends completely with acidic gastric juices of the stomach by the churning movements of the muscular wall?
chyme
A. 1. The food stays in the stomach for 4-5 hours during which it gets blended completely with the acidic gastric juice present in the stomach through churning movements of the muscular walls. At this point, the food is referred to as chyme.
What is mixing and movement in the digestive system?
Mixing movements occur in the stomach as a result of smooth muscle contraction. These repetitive contractions usually occur in small segments of the digestive tract and mix the food particles with enzymes and other fluids. The movements that propel the food particles through the digestive tract are called peristalsis.
What is peristalsis and segmentation?
Segmentation involves contractions of the circular muscles in the digestive tract, while peristalsis involves rhythmic contractions of the longitudinal muscles in the gastrointestinal tract.
What is gastric juice and its function?
Gastric juice is a unique combination of hydrochloric acid (HCl), lipase, and pepsin. Its main function is to inactivate swallowed microorganisms, thereby inhibiting infectious agents from reaching the intestine.
What is gastric juice made of?
Gastric juice is made up of digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid and other substances that are important for absorbing nutrients – about 3 to 4 liters of gastric juice are produced per day. The hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice breaks down the food and the digestive enzymes split up the proteins.
What is the food called when it bends completely with acidic gastric juices of the stomach?
The food is stored in stomach for 4-5 hours, and it gets thoroughly mixed with the acidic gastric juice of stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall. The food at this stage is called as chyme.