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No. food stored internally would rot and kill the animal.
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If the stomach couldn't store food how often would you have to eat?
The stomach doesn't store food, it's main responsibility is to digest proteins, this usually takes 4-6 hours. If you didn't eat protein, it would pass on through to the small intestine where most food is digested and the process of absorption begins. So theoretically, you could live without a stomach. This is the basis for stomach bypass surgeries for weight reduction.
Why is a vacuole like a stomach?
Just like a stomach, a vacuole is a place were cells can store undigested food. Also like a stomach, digestive enzymes are dumped into the vacuole to aid in digestion.
What breaks down food in your body?
Your stomach
In biology Where food is digested the food?
The Stomach
What is mixture of stomach fluids and food produced in the stomach by contracting stomach muscles?
Chyme
Why do ants have two stomach?
one stomach to store food for themselves an one stomach to store food to share with other ants
Does the stomach store food energy and nutrients until body needs them?
No. stomach does not store the food. It digest the proteins to some extent.
What does the stomach do to your food?
The stomach breaks down your food. When you swallow your food, it lands in the stomach. It is broken down by stomach acids and moved into the intestines.
What is the function of crop grasshopper?
The function of the crop in an grasshopper is to store the food.
Where did The Tyrannosaurus Rex store its food?
In it's stomach.
Where food is store before it is digested?
Food is stored before it is digested in your stomach.
What happens to the food you have eaten as it goes to the stomach?
it goes in to your esophagus and is store in the stomach in several hours.
What are some other special features of a seahorse?
they do not have a stomach to store there food
What is the function of the stomach and digestive gland in the clam?
They digest and store food
What is the function of the ridges of the stomach of a pig?
These ridges are fat and they allow the stomach to expand. This allows the stomach to store more food while digesting.
Does the stomach store food for later use in the form of fat?
Fat is how the body stores food. However the stomach doesn't' actually store the food. The intestines will move the fat to various places in the body to be stored until needed.
What is the dome shaped portion of the stomach used to temporarily store food?
It is called the Fundus.
