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The thick, semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
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Topics Related To Chyme
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| Poor Small Intestine Health | The Condition
"...Epithelial cells in the small intestine secrete over half a gallon of a neutral fluid daily to supply a watery substance to mix with the chyme and provide a substance to aid in electrolyte and vitamin absorption through the villi..."
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Relationship to Gastric/Peptic/Duodenal Ulcers
"...A deficiency of pancreatic juices to neutralize the acid chyme from the stomach, or stress causing sympathetic inhibition of enzyme secretion can lead to duodenal ulcer formation..."
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Last updated: May 10, 2007
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