Duodenum example sentences

The opening of the stomach into the duodenum is guarded by the pyloric sphincter.The chyme (food) enters into the duodenum portion of the small intestine and is acted on by the pancreatic juice, bile and finally by the enzymes in the succus entericus, so that the digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats is completed.Small intestine is distinguishable into three regions, a 'U' shaped duodenum, a long coiled middle portion jejunum and a highly coiled ileum.The breakdown of biomacromolecules mentioned above occurs in the duodenum region of the small intestine.The pancreas is a compound (both exocrine and endocrine) elongated organ situated between the limbs of the 'U' shaped duodenum.The bile released into the duodenum contains bile pigments (bilirubin and bili-verdin), bile salts, cholesterol and phospholipids but no enzymes.In duodenum, glands are also present in sub-mucosa.The bile duct and the pancreatic duct open together into the duodenum as the common hepato-pancreatic duct which is guarded by a sphincter called the sphincter of Oddi.