Name an object that some stomachs are compared to?

1. What is the stomach similar to?
2. What are stomachs two examples?
3. Is your stomach the size of your fist?
4. How big is a human stomach?
5. What does the stomach contain?
6. Can your stomach eat itself?
7. Can you stomach something?
8. How do you spell stomach plural?
9. How many stomachs does a cow have?
10. What are the 4 tissues in the stomach?
11. Why is the stomach J shaped?
12. What causes J shaped stomach?

What is the stomach similar to?

The stomach is like a mixer, churning and mashing together all the small balls of food that came down the esophagus into smaller and smaller pieces. It does this with help from the strong muscles in the walls of the stomach and gastric (say: GAS-trik) juices that also come from the stomach's walls.

What are stomachs two examples?

The definition of a stomach is the part of the body that stores and digests food. An example of a stomach is the midsection of a cow. An appetite for food. A desire or inclination, especially for something difficult or unpleasant.

Is your stomach the size of your fist?

The empty stomach is only about the size of your fist, but can stretch to hold as much as 4 liters of food and fluid, or more than 75 times its empty volume, and then return to its resting size when empty.

How big is a human stomach?

Depending on the position of your body and the amount of food inside it, your stomach is capable of alterations in size and shape. Your empty stomach is about 12 inches long. At its widest point, it's about 6 inches across.

What does the stomach contain?

These glands make digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid, mucus and bicarbonate. Gastric juice is made up of digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid and other substances that are important for absorbing nutrients – about 3 to 4 liters of gastric juice are produced per day.

Can your stomach eat itself?

The stomach normally does not digest itself because of a mechanism which regulates gastric secretion. This checks the secretion of gastric juice before the content becomes sufficiently corrosive to damage the mucosa. Pure gastric juice can destroy the mucosa and produce a peptic ulcer.

Can you stomach something?

: to accept or experience (something unpleasant) without becoming sick, upset, etc.

How do you spell stomach plural?

Stomachs – is the correct word because stomach is a singular word and the plural of stomach is 'stomachs' Words ending in 'CH' usually take 'ES' in the plural form.

How many stomachs does a cow have?

The cow has four stomachs and undergoes a special digestive process to break down the tough and coarse food it eats. When the cow first eats, it chews the food just enough to swallow it. The unchewed food travels to the first two stomachs, the rumen and the reticulum, where it is stored until later.

What are the 4 tissues in the stomach?

The stomach wall consists of 4 layers of tissue. From deep (external) to superficial (internal) these are the serosa, muscularis externa, submucosa and mucosa. This layered arrangement follows the same general structure in all regions of the stomach, and throughout the entire gastrointestinal tract.

Why is the stomach J shaped?

Teeth break the food into smaller particles. Next, an enzyme in saliva starts to break down starches into simple sugars. Digestion continues in the stomach. When it's empty, your stomach looks like an unexpanded J-shaped balloon.

What causes J shaped stomach?

It may be due to heredity, while in others it may be caused by obesity, exercises such as weightlifting, or straining at stool. Whatever the cause, a portion of the stomach herniated, or moves up, into the chest cavity through this enlarged hole.