How does a stomach process food?

Answer 1

Once food enters the stomach through the esophagus, it reaches the stomach, and enzymes like pepsin, chemically break up the food. Then the stomach churns for mechanical digestion, aiding in the break up. The reason the stomach isn't damaged by the acids is because of a lining inside the stomach protecting it. The remains leave for the small intestine after digestion.

Answer 2

The stomach is like a mixer, churning and mashing together all the small balls of food that came down the esophagus into smaller andsmaller pieces. It does this with help from the strong muscles in the walls of the stomach and gastric juices that also come from the stomach's walls.

Although, the stomach has three important jobs:

1) stores the food you've eaten

2) breaks down the food into a liquid like mixture

3) slowly empties that liquid like mixture into the small intestine

Answer 3

Food enters the stomach from the oesophagus/gullet through a ring of muscle called a sphincter. Acid and protease (an enzyme) are then secreted into the stomach to start protein digestion. The muscular wall of the stomach also moves to cause the food to become a liquid called chyme (this is pronounced as kime).

Answer 4

it squishes the food around in the stomach and adds acids to break it down.

Well, I learned that some bacteria helps to digest the food you eat.

Answer 5

The stomach is the second stage of digestion. It contains several acidic compounds that continue to break down food as it passes through the alimentary system.

Answer 6

The muscles of the small intestine mix food with digestive juices from the pancreas, liver, and intestine, and push the mixture forward for further digestion.

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Answer 7

it makes it shiny clean ^_^