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How does the stomach store food?
The stomach stores food by expanding its muscular walls to accommodate the incoming food. This allows the stomach to hold and mix the food with digestive enzymes and acids to begin the breakdown process. The stomach can stretch to hold around 1-1.5 liters of food on average.
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?
A vacuole is like a stomach because it functions to store nutrients, break down waste products, and maintain internal pH balance in a cell, similar to how a stomach functions in a living organism. Both organelles play a crucial role in digestion and waste management within their respective systems.
Why is the stomach such a hollow organ?
The stomach is a hollow organ primarily designed to store and process food. Its muscular walls allow it to expand and contract, facilitating the mixing of food with digestive enzymes and acids. This hollow structure enables the stomach to accommodate varying amounts of food, enhancing its role in digestion and nutrient absorption. Additionally, the hollow design minimizes weight and allows for greater mobility within the abdominal cavity.
Acid breaks down food were?
Acid breaks down the food in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme that breaks down the proteins from the food, in the stomach. Highly acidic pH helps to break down the food.
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.
How does the stomach store food?
The stomach stores food by expanding its muscular walls to accommodate the incoming food. This allows the stomach to hold and mix the food with digestive enzymes and acids to begin the breakdown process. The stomach can stretch to hold around 1-1.5 liters of food on average.
What is the function of the stomach and digestive gland in the clam?
They digest and store food
What are some other special features of a seahorse?
they do not have a stomach to store there food
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.
