Once food in the stomach has been transformed into a semiliquid mass, it is called

Once food in the stomach has been transformed into a semiliquid mass, it is called chyme. Chyme is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is formed in the stomach and intestine during digestion. Chyme contains partially digested food, water, hydrochloric acid, and various digestive enzymes.

hormones in blood stream

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endocrine glands secrete hormones into the blood stream near them; the hormones then travel in our bloodstream until it reaches its destination, called a target cell, in distance parts of the body. in the target tissue, hormones lock onto the target’s plasma membrane, called the receptor site.