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10 wrz 2021 · Your stomach is a muscular organ in your upper abdomen. It is part of your GI tract. During digestion, your stomach contracts, relaxes and produces acids that help break down food. Your stomach size can vary depending on when and how much you have eaten.
11 wrz 2023 · Function. The main function of the stomach involves mechanical and chemical digestion of ingested food. Ingested food enters the stomach from the esophagus via the cardiac orifice, falling into gastric juice produced by the stomach.
26 cze 2023 · Stomach. Food travels to the stomach from the esophagus. Once it arrives, the stomach helps digest food via contractions and chemical enzymes. The stomach has three layers: the oblique layer, the...
29 kwi 2024 · The stomach has four main anatomical divisions; the cardia, fundus, body and pylorus: Cardia – surrounds the superior opening of the stomach at the T11 level. Fundus – the rounded, often gas filled portion superior to and left of the cardia.
3 dni temu · Stomach. A hollow muscular organ about the size of 2 closed fists, the stomach is located inferior to the diaphragm and lateral to the liver on the left side of the abdominal cavity. The stomach forms part of the gastrointestinal tract between the esophagus and the duodenum (the first section of the small intestine).
17 lip 2024 · Introduction. The stomach is the digestive system's most dilated portion. This organ lies between the esophagus, which is superior to it, and the small intestine, which is inferior to it. The stomach is a large, muscular, and hollow organ with a great capacity to hold food.
4 dni temu · The human stomach is subdivided into four regions: the fundus, an expanded area curving up above the cardiac opening (the opening from the stomach into the esophagus); the body, or intermediate region, the central and largest portion; the antrum, the lowermost, somewhat funnel-shaped portion of the stomach; and the pylorus, a narrowing where ...
