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What is the sore on the inner walls of the stomach called?
A sore on the inner walls of the stomach is commonly referred to as a gastric ulcer. It is a type of peptic ulcer that occurs in the lining of the stomach. Gastric ulcers can cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, and nausea.
Is a esophagus a hollow bag with muscular walls?
No, the esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the throat (pharynx) with the stomach. It serves as a pathway for food and liquids to travel from the mouth to the stomach through a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis.
How does your stomach work to digest food and absorb nutrients?
The stomach works by breaking down food with stomach acid and enzymes. The nutrients are then absorbed through the walls of the small intestine into the bloodstream.
What are the muscles responsible for ensuring that organs function properly?
The muscles responsible for ensuring that organs function properly are called smooth muscles. These muscles are found in the walls of organs such as the stomach, intestines, and blood vessels, and help to regulate the movement and function of these organs.
What valve controls the movement of food between the stomach and small intestine?
The valve that controls the movement of food between the stomach and small intestine is called the pyloric sphincter. It regulates the passage of partially digested food from the stomach into the small intestine for further digestion and absorption.
What is the movement of the stomach?
The movement of the walls of the stomach is accomplished by a group of smooth muscle that undergoes what is called peristaltic action.
What is the movement of the stomach walls called?
The movement of the stomach walls is called peristalsis. Peristalsis is the wave-like movement of the muscles in the digestive tract that push food along.
What are stomach walls?
the inside looks a pale pink and the mucus covering looks egg white
What is it when walls are muscular and food moves down?
Peristalsis is the process of muscular contractions in the walls of the digestive tract that helps propel food down the gastrointestinal tract. It allows for the movement and digestion of food through the esophagus, stomach, intestines, and ultimately out of the body.
Proteins are digested in the stomach. the stomch walls consist of proteins.but the stomch wall is not digested. why?
because of the mucus like substance on the stomach walls.
What hormone makes your stomach grumble?
Hormones do not have anything to do with a grumbling stomach. The stomach walls are lined with muscle that contracts and expands all on it's own. Any food and liquids in the stomach cause grumbling noises as the stomach walls expand and contract.
What is the movement of the stomach wall called?
bowel movement
What rains down the pink walls of your stomach?
Water
What is acid-reflux and how does it feel?
Acid reflux is when stomach acids rise into the esophagus and burn the walls. The stomach can bear the harsh acids because the stomach is lined with walls that protect the other organs. Some people get ulcers which are holes in the stomach's lining (very painful) :( If the stomach acids make their way too far to the top of the esophagus the walls of the esophagus are burned because they do not have protective lining walls mostly because acid is not meant to be there! :) hope this helped
What do chemicals in the stomach do?
the chemicals in the stomach are there to break down the food that enters, there are certain chemicals that stop the acid in the stomach burning the stomach walls and infecting your body.
What are three examples of a invoulentary muscle?
cardiac muscle walls of the stomach and intestines walls of blood vessels
What prevents pepsin from destroying the cell walls in the stomach?
Pepsin is secreted as pepsinogen. Pepsinogen cannot eat the walls of the stomach. Now, pepsin is formed when pepsinogen binds to the hydrochloric acid (HCl) in the stomach. Once they are binded pepsin is formed. The second reason on why the stomach doesn't eat it's self is because of the alkaline mucus that suround the walls of the stomach.
