in the stomach food is broken down into a liquid form which is called as chyme.
in the stomach food is broken down into a liquid form which is called as?
chyme
in the human digestive system, a bolus (a small rounded mass of chewed up food) enters the stomach through the oesophagus via the lower oesophageal sphincter. the stomach releases proteases (protein-digesting enzymes such as pepsin) and hydrochloric acid, which kills or inhibits bacteria and provides the acidic ph of 2 for the proteases to work. food is churned by the stomach through muscular contractions of the wall called peristalsis – reducing the volume of the bolus, before looping around the fundus and the body of stomach as the boluses are converted into chyme (partially digested food). chyme slowly passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum of the small intestine, where the extraction of nutrients begins. depending on the quantity and contents of the meal, the stomach will digest the food into chyme within anywhere between forty minutes and a few hours . the average human stomach can comfortably hold about a litre of food.
stomach
during digestion, food is stored in the liquid present in the stomach. the food that is not digested travels to the large intestine and colon in liquid form. these organs begin to absorb the water turning the food into a more solid form. different viruses or bacteria can increase the amount of liquid that is secreted and moves too quickly through the digestive tract for the water to be absorbed. diarrhea comes in two types: acute diarrhea and chronic diarrhea. the acute diagnosis can last for a few days up to a week of time. chronic diarrhea lasts for several days or longer periods of time lasting a few weeks. the difference in diagnosis will help determine the cause of the illness.
stomach disease