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The food mixed thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall. What do we call the food then?

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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.
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    i and ii
    B
    ii and iii
    C
    iii and iv
    D
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  • Read the following statements A-D (a) The stomach stores the food for 4-5 hours (b) The food mixes throughly with the acidic intestinal juice (c) Trypsinogen is activated by an enzymeenterogastrone, secreted by the intestinal mucosa (d) Renin is enzyme found in gastric juice of infants which helps in digestion of milk protein How many of the above statements are wrong?

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    A
    Four
    B
    One
    C
    Two
    D
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