Multiple Choice
After chyme leaves the stomach and enters the duodenum, the duodenum is protected from the acidic chyme because
A) bicarbonate secreted by the pancreas neutralizes the chyme.
B) bile secreted by the gallbladder neutralizes the chyme.
C) enzymes secreted in the duodenum degrade the acid.
D) None of the above because the chyme is not terribly acidic when it leaves the stomach
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