Mary Roach
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So just straight down.
In the stomach, it is a .
Right.
It's more like a... It's a slurry.
A slurry.
Yes.
Chyme.
Chyme is the... Now, what is chyme?
Chyme is the slurry.
Chyme is, yeah, it's broken down in kind of a slurry.
It can be passed on easily through the sphincter there at the bottom of the stomach.
Sure.
Into the small intestine.
Well, because the intestines are cylindrical, it's a tube.
Yeah, yeah.
So it's a natural, the bolus, the cylinder is a natural shape for the interior of the... Well, listen, hold on one second.
My name is Mary Roach and my pronouns are she and her.
You know, I wish I had a really cool inspiration story because I'm usually not inspired.
It's not like there's a moment of inspiration.
It's rather like