digeston I Flashcards
1
Q
What is the term for food that has been chewed and formed into a ball?
A
bolus
2
Q
What structure receives the bolus?
A
the stomach
3
Q
What is the job of the stomach?
A
to receive the bolus: churn and breakdown
4
Q
What structure and process is active in the breakdown and churning of the bolus?
A
hydrolysis and stomach muscles
5
Q
What is the name of the broken-down and churned food?
A
chyme
6
Q
What happens to the chyme once it is formed?
A
in gets stored in the stomach
7
Q
What happens to the chyme after it is stored?
A
It is squirted into the 1st part of the small intestine/ duodenum
8
Q
What are the 3 types of cells found in the stomach?
A
