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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?

A

Bolus

B

Chyle

C

Chyme

D

Chylomicron

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C
The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastice juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall and is called the chyme.
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