Evaluation · Q2
Q.What is chyme….?
a. The process of conversion of fat into small droplets.
b. The process of conversion of micelles substances of glycerol into fatty droplet.
c. The process of preparation of incompletely digested acidic food through gastric juice.
d. The process of preparation of completely digested liquid food in midgut.
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✓ Free question
Step 1. Rule out (a) and (b): these describe fat emulsification and micelle-related events, which happen later in the small intestine, not what 'chyme' refers to.
Step 2. Rule out (d): chyme is not completely digested, and it forms in the stomach, not the midgut (small intestine).
Step 3. Confirm (c): as gastric juice (HCl plus pepsin) churns and acts on food in the stomach, it produces a creamy, acidic, only partially digested mass — this is chyme, matching option (c).
✓Final answer
Chyme is the incompletely digested, acidic food mass produced in the stomach by the action of gastric juice, matching option (c).
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