what name the soft pulp like mass which can be swallowed easily
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a bolus
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A soft, flexible mass of food that is easily swallowed is called a bolus.
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- Bolus, food that has been chewed and mixed in the mouth with saliva.
- The term bolus applies to this mixture of food and solutions until they are passed into the stomach.
- Once the bolus reaches the stomach, mixes with gastric juices, and becomes reduced in size, the food mass becomes known as chyme.
- Bolus is food that has been mixed with saliva. Chyme is food that has been mixed with gastric juice.
- Bolus is chewed and then swallowed to reach the stomach. Chyme enters the small intestine after passing through the stomach.
- In digestion, a bolus is a ball-like mixture of food and saliva.
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