- chyme may remain in the terminal ilieum for several
hours until another meal is eaten -when signals from the upper GIT intensify
peristalsis in the ilieum expels the remaining chyme.
- as in the stomach - the presence of nutrients in the
ilieum exert a negative effect on jejunal motility and transit -particularly
in the case of fat and partially digested carbohydrate
- this prolongs the stay of chyme in the ilieum facilitating
absorption
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