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As food is chemically digested by the stomach, the pH of the gut fluids becomes very acidic. However, when the chyme is further processed in the small intestine, the gut fluid pH cannot remain that acidic. Explain the physiological processes that occur to chyme as it enters the duodenum to ensure that the pH is not damaging to the small intestine.


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