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The stomach is one of the principal organ in your digestive system. The stomach holds the swallowed food for up to four hours depending on the amount of food, churning it to a pulp and initiating digestion, then passes it on by degrees into the duodenum.
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∙ 6y agoThe main job of the stomach is to digest proteins. It then allows the mixture of food and enzymes called 'chyme' to enter the duodenum in order for all the other food types to be digested such as carbohydrates and fats. The stomach is one of the principal organ in your digestive system. The stomach holds the swallowed food for up to four hours depending on the amount of food, churning it to a pulp and initiating digestion, then passes it on by degrees into the duodenum.
The function of the stomach is to store and digest food. It is responsible for the second phase of digestion, where stomach walls release enzymes and churn the contents.
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∙ 11y agoThe stomach is one of the principal organ in your digestive system. The stomach holds the swallowed food for up to four hours depending on the amount of food, churning it to a pulp and initiating digestion, then passes it on by degrees into the duodenum.
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∙ 9y agoThe stomach in the human body is there to help digest food. The food that is chewed and swallowed goes to the stomach for further processing and then nutrients are sent to other body organs. Waste is also sent to other organs for filtering.
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∙ 12y agoIt digests food
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∙ 13y agoStomach digests food
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∙ 12y agodigested food ,help break food down.
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Chyme is created in the?
In the stomach
If stomach acid leaks into your stomach do you die?
stomach acid is already in your stomach...
What churns and mixes food?
The stomach the stomach the stomach's job is to churn and mixed and digest food until it's a liquid.
What is a sentence with the word stomach in it?
My stomach is empty.I have a stomach ache.The truth was hard to stomach.
How do you spell stomach in Canada?
In Canada you spell 'stomach' ... stomach.
What does el estomago mean in English?
Stomach
Do fish have stomach acids?
Fish that have a stomach, generally secrete stomach acid (HCl). However, not all fish have a stomach. For example carp have no stomach and thus no stomach acid secretion.
What is a J-shaped muscular sac that stores food and helps to digest food?
The stomach stretchy muscular sac holds food.
What organ had the strongest level of acidity?
Hydrochloric acid of the stomach would have a pH of ~ 2.
What part of digestive system mixes the food with acid?
The stomach
The stomach is what to the spine?
The stomach is inferior (below) to the diaphragm.The diaphragm is superior (above) to the stomach.
How do you use stomach in a sentence?
My stomach hurts. I can't stomach dumb questions:) The stomach is a vital part in the digestive system
