What is the partly digested food that is expelled by stomach into the duodenum called?

Chyme or chymus is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by a person's stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum.

Chyme results from the mechanical and chemical breakdown of a bolus and consists of partially digested food, water, hydrochloric acid, and various digestive enzymes. Chyme slowly passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum, where the extraction of nutrients begins. Depending on the quantity and contents of the meal, the stomach will digest the food into chyme in some time from 40 minutes to 3 hours.

Chyle is a milky fluid that drains out from the small intestine during the digestion into the lymphatic system.

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fdeisner

I have Crohn's disease and have had a bowel resection so I have learned a lot about the digestive system. Chyme rang a chime for me. 😆

elizawheeler

fdeisner, I have a friend who has Crohn's disease. She has lived with it for over half a century. You have my prayers and positive thoughts of a cure to come.

Char

Lynne Zeman, me either

Char

I misspelled it but knew what it was.....

Howard Groopman

Parsley, sage, rosemary and chyme.

John W Shreve

deborahpmercer, Yeah, I almost didn't finish the expanation.

Julie Allen

Chyme the pulpy acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food. Chyle a milky fluid containing fat droplets which drains from the lacteals of the small intestine into the lymphatic system during digestion.