stomach

     

In anatomy, the stomach is a bean-shape hollow muscular organ of the gastrointestinal tract involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication. The word stomach is derived from the Latin stomachus, which derives from the Greek word stomachos (στόμαχος). The words gastro- and gastric (meaning related to the stomach) are both derived from the Greek word gaster (γαστήρ).

Trivia about stomach

  • This organ, which is also a gland, secretes a hormone called gastrin
  • When this organ churns & makes perisstaltic waves, some people say it's "growling"
  • Juices naturally occuring in this organ include hydrochloric acid & pepsin, but no orange
  • This organ is flexible, so it expands when food is eaten; its capacity in an adult is about a quart
  • This organ breaks down ingested nutrients into small particles & mixes them with gastric juices to make chyme
  • It's the widest part of the alimentary canal
  • Like typical ruminants, llamas chew their cud, but have only 3 chambers in this organ
  • If a Russian has a pain in his zheludok, this, he may take some tzums
  • Eat too much poi & your opu, meaning this, might get larger
  • During acid reflux, acid from here goes up into the esophagus
  • Tripe is the lining of this digestive organ of cattle
  • 17th century poet Jean de la Fontaine said, "A hungry" one of these organs "cannot hear"
  • In most cud-chewing animals, this is made up of the reticulum, rumen, omasum & abomasum
  • Divided into the cardia, body region & pylorus; "Come see what's cookin'!" here
  • A ringlike muscle called the pyloric sphincter lies at the end of this, leading into the duodenum
  • The reticulum, rumen, omasum & abomasum make up a cow's this
  • It's the organ that produces gastrin

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