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Question
The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall. What do we call the food then?
Solution
The food mixes thoroughly with the acidic gastric juice of the stomach by the churning movements of its muscular wall and is called the chyme.
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Succus entericus is the name given to
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| a | Bilirubin and biliverdin | 1 | Parotid |
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