11. It receives chyme from the ileum, and connects to the ascending colon of the large intestine. 12. This allows for thorough mixing of intestinal contents, known as chyme , to allow greater absorption. 13. Chyme slowly passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum, where the extraction of nutrients begins.14. After leaving the stomach, the hydrochloric acid of the chyme is neutralized in the duodenum by sodium bicarbonate. 15. The chyme arrives in the intestines having been released from the stomach through the opening of the pyloric sphincter. 16. After the stomach, the food is partially digested and semi-liquid, and is referred to as chyme . 17. The bicarbonate neutralises the acidic chyme , creating alkaline conditions for enzymes such as chymotrypsin and amylase to function optimally. 18. In much of a bolus while in the esophagus and upper gastrointestinal tract and chyme in the stomach ) along the tract. 19. In the large intestine, bacteria break down proteins and starches in chyme that were not digested fully in the small intestine. 20. When all of the nutrients have been absorbed from chyme , the remaining waste material changes into semisolids that are called feces.
