A small mass of masticated food ready to be swallowed is:

A) bolus.
B) chyme.
C) anabolism.
D) catabolism.

Bolus

A small rounded mass of substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing.

Chyme

The semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that moves from the stomach to the small intestine.

Anabolism

The constructive part of metabolism concerned with the building up of complex molecules from simpler ones.