Chyme

Chyme (Greek χυμός chymós, juice ') is the chyme, which arises from the recorded food in the stomach by the action of digestive secretions ( saliva and digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid - rich gastric juice). This process is called Chymifikation. The chyme is mixed by the gastric contraction and then through the pylorus ( pylorus ) was added portionwise to the duodenum ( duodenum), the first section of the small intestine are submitted. Chyme is acidic, in the middle at pH 2 to alkalize the pH at entry into the duodenum, is under the influence of the hormone cholecystokinin ( CCK), the gallbladder contracts, which issued bile with plenty of sodium bicarbonate in the duodenum and the chyme is there neutralized largely before the jejunum, the second portion of the small intestine, reached.