Stomach

yes peristalsis is the wave like motion of either your esophagus pushing food( a bolus) down towards your stomach, or your small and large intestines pushing nutrients through to be processesed by the villi.

Though children learn to call the entire belly the "stomach", the whole belly is technically called the abdomen. The organ, stomach, is in the top of the abdomen near your ribs. A baby grows in the organ, the uterus. The uterus is in the lowest part of the abdomen, near your pubic bone. The uterus is sort of like a balloon; as the baby grows, the uterus expands upward, toward the organ the stomach.

It uses very strong acid called stomach acid to break it down

Yes I am. After taking any medication for three to four days I develop cold and flu like symtoms. I now have an entry in my profile at the pharmacy to only dispense uncoated medication. They do and always have it available so others must have similar difficulties.

The stomach is protected by the epithelial cells, which produce and secrete a bicarbonate-rich solution that coats the mucosa. Bicarbonate is alkaline, a base, and neutralizes the acid secreted by the parietal cells, producing water in the process. This continuous supply of bicarbonate is the main way that your stomach protects itself from autodigestion (the stomach digesting itself) and the overall acidic environment.

From the mouth to the stomach is the esophagus.

Gastroenteralgia is the medical term meaning pain in the stomach and intestine.

From very recent experience, gall bladder attack and pancreatitis.

• Cramp-like pains at the beginning of a pregnancy are quite common. They can feel like sharp shooting pains on either side of the abdomen and can stretch down into the groin area. This sensation is due to the stretching of the ligaments in the pelvis that help keep a woman's womb stable. The ligaments are being stretched during early pregnancy because the uterus is growing and putting pressure on the muscles that surround it. This sensation is more pronounced with a first pregnancy.
• There are several things a woman can try in order to relieve the pain. Anything that helps her relax is good first step. Some women are helped by placing a heating pad on their abdomen, taking a warm bath or drinking a cup of hot tea. Heat tends to relax the muscles that are causing the pain. She might also try changing position, sitting down or lying down with her feet up. If cramps are accompanied by bleeding, fever, chills, or watery vaginal discharge a woman should immediately consult her doctor. Cramping in combination with other symptoms may be a sign of a more serious condition.
• Sharp pains (period-like cramps) are definitely normal and are one of the first signs of pregnancy. They hurt much more than normal cramps and occur right above the top of your legs. I would describe them as shooting pains that don't usually last but for a minute or so.
• I'm 16 and just found out two days ago that i was pregnant....i started having this sharp shooting pains. it feels like I'm cramping hard core. I've been told since it's my first pregnancy it's just stretching the womb.!!!!(;
• This does sound like pregnany but not necessarily a good one. You shouldn't bleed especially that much while pregnant. It could be signs of miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy as well. PLEASE Go to your doctor.
• Not that I know of and I've had two children. I am getting sharp pains and currently are on depot, but not sure what that pain is to date. If you are on the depot, you should not have gotten pregnant, and normally you do not bleed when you are pregnant. I have not had a period since I went on Depot 4 years ago.
• I too have had sharp abdomen pains and was worried about what was wrong. I have found out that it is a mixed subject. I have heard that it is a very common symptom and i have heard that it might be a tubal pregnancy. this of coarse got me even more worried. I sugest that if you are really worried about it to go see your doctor. but i don't think you need to stress too much about it, a tubal pregnancy is very rare, but if you need to put your mind at ease, a doctor's advice would help.
• You CAN get pregnant on depot, my sister had two children on depot. But because she was sick and was put on antibiotics. The antibiotics cancelled out her depot and now I have a beatiful niece and a beautiful nephew.
• That's odd, because I have been experiencing some sharp pains in my abdomen also. They are'NT really that painful but enough to notice them and that there is something definitely unusual going on! If anyone could expound more on this question would be great. We haven't really received any real answers yet! Anyone with experience, please comment!
• I have 3 children, ages 11, 9, and 3. With my first child the first time I noticed the sharp pain I was probably 3 months along and was laying back and sneezed and it hurt really bad for a few seconds so I learned quickly to change positions before I sneezed. With the other two pregnancies I noticed the sharp pains as well when I made sudden movements. I have started having these feelings again the last few days as well as some nausea that comes and goes. We were not trying for number 4 but I am thinking we may be getting a suprise, I was looking here to see if anyone else had had the same sharp pains. Just to update: I took a pregnancy test a few days after I wrote this and sure enough it was positive. So those sharp pains were exactly what I was thinking they were!
• I have had 3 children and I have had these sharp pains during early pregnancy with all 3. They are just above your legs, almost where your ovaries would be. It is kind of alarming because it is a sharp pain. However, don't be alarmed; it's from your uterus changing positions. The ligaments are stretching and that's what causes the sharp pains. The only time I've ever experienced those kinds of pains was when I was pregnant. Now I'm having them again. I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant with #4. Hope that puts your mind at ease.
• I am pregnant with my first and every night i am woken up with these sharp cramp like pains my doctor told me it is my uterus stretching and not to worry unless i was bleeding which i am not.
• I was kind of wondering the same thing about the sharp pains. About 3 days after I should have ovulated I had a sharp pain that lasted about 1 minute. It was in my lower abdomen and seemed to shoot downwards. Yesterday, which would have been 6 dpo I had a sharp pain that came and went for over an hour. Since then I have'NT felt any pain. I am wondering if this could mean I am pregnant.
• I have been sick lately, pneumonia, twice. I have been coughing a lot and having strange sensations in my abdomen. It really feels like a baby moving in there. My son is 14 months old, so I remember the feeling really well. This last bout of pneumonia, I have been having sharp pains in my stomach, usually on the left side, and when I press on it, I feel something like a baby rolling over, but only in that one spot. I have been having slightly irregular periods, due to a change in my birth control pill. I took a home pregnancy test and the result was negative. I'm really wondering what the heck is going on in there. Any ideas?
• I am having the same problem right now. I have not had a period since Aug 12/09 and I went to the doctor and took 4 Home Pregnancy Test and they were all negative. When would this pain start if I were pregnant? Would it be to early?
• I'm 16 and just found out two days ago that i was pregnant....i started having this sharp shooting pains. it feels like I'm cramping hard core. I've been told since it's my first pregnancy it's just stretching the womb.!!!!
• I have been having unprotected sex with my boyfriend and I think I may be pregnant. I have been experiencing some quick sharp pains recently and i've also exprienced some other pregnancy symptoms such as nausea, lower back pain, increased sense of smell, etc but Im confused because I've been getting my period (or at least I think its my period) and my period has been a little abnormal.... Can someone PLEASE HELP ME??!

The fist part of gastrointestinal tract is it acidifies ingested food to enhance protein digestion. It also secrete proteolytic enzymes (pepsin), and it also moves food into the small intestine as chyme. The only substances absorbed through the stomach are caffeine, alcohol and aspirin.

There could be many reasons, but here are a few. 1:overeating. You could just simply be eating too much. When this happens, your stomach can't digest that much, or is not used to a large helping. (Be careful. when your stomach hurts from overeating, it will throw-up to get rid of too much food.) 2: stress. If your feeling stressful, your body goes fast-forward. (meaning it does everything quicker.) So does your stomach. When stressed, your stomach over-makes stomach acid. ( to digest food). Although your stomach has a coat of slime so that it won't be harmed by the acid, too much acid can go through that coat and hurt the stomach. Just take tums. :) 3: Sickness. Sometimes when you are simply sick, your stomach can feel as crummy as you do. The only solution is to just wait for the germs to go away.

There are actually FOUR layers of muscle in the stomach.

For an effective explanation you need to find a sectional view of the stomach.

1) the muscularis mucosae - a very thin layer of smooth muscle that functions in altering the surface area of the stomach by moving the villi back and forth.

2) Muscularis Externa - there are THREE layers of this muscle in the stomach (compared to only 2 layers in the small intestine.)The following are ordered from innermost layer to outermost layer.

>innermost oblique

>middle circular

>outer longitudinal

Happy studying!

If you want a girl to sit on your stomach i guess you can just ask her too although it helps if its a girl you are close with considering its a odd request.

That makes know sense! Did you mean: why does my stomach get bigger even though I don't eat? Because if that's your question, then you have to eat or else your body thinks it's starving and gets bigger. Put don't eat too much either because that makes you fat too.

This saying means that an army will go where it can be fed. If an army has no food, they will grow weak, when they are weak they march slow and are sluggish in a fight. So an army that marches on its stomach, marches to where it will be fed. Man cannot live on faith alone, while filling the spririt, it matters not to the stomach.

No. You should eat normally because it can only increase your weight

If your blood discharge is very intense, you should compensate by eating food containing iron (red meat, for instance).

It could be two different things from my knowledge (and personal experience). First I might suggest you suffer from Irritable bowel syndrome, which can cause that, and second could be H.Pylori, the bacteria that can cause ulcers.

- or you have GERD, or maybe even Barretts Esophagous. I never had GERD...but sadly i have Barretts..:-\...sad as it maybe...i'll help you along the way being a nurse and all..

Just ask a doctor to run a HPylori blood test on you..it's simple and painless...much better than going through all the upper GI series, catscans, medications. If it's HPylori, all you need is a course of anti-biotics and it's gone! I've had HPylori, (very painful..and it only gets worse)..there are many theories about how you get it..doesn't really matter in the long run..you just want it gone. Keep in mind that even after you are treated for HPylori, it may take weeks or a month to get your stomach enzymes working normally again..but it will improve after anti-biotics. There are specific anti-biotics you have to take for this ailment..don't try to take other anti-biotics you may have at home, it won't work. If you're into natural health instead of anti-biotics you could visit a health store and ask for suggestions. I would think colloidal silver would be effective. Have also heard something called mastic gum works. Even after anti-biotics, don't assume you've gotten rid of the H Pylori just because the pain is gone..it's a tough bacteria to kill, get one more blood test to be sure.

Here's some info on H Pylori:

"Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria. Researchers believe that H. pylori is responsible for the majority of peptic ulcers.

H. pylori infection is common in the United States. About 20 percent of people under 40 years old and half of those over 60 years have it. Most infected people, however, do not develop ulcers. Why H. pylori does not cause ulcers in every infected person is not known. Most likely, infection depends on characteristics of the infected person, the type of H. pylori, and other factors yet to be discovered.

Researchers are not certain how people contract H. pylori, but they think it may be through food or water.

Researchers have found H. pylori in the saliva of some infected people, so the bacteria may also spread through mouth-to-mouth contact such as kissing."

When the stomach churns and squeezes the food this is physical digestion. When the enzymes and hydrochloric acid are added, this is chemical change.

The stomach is inferior (below) to the diaphragm.
The diaphragm is superior (above) to the stomach.

Your stomach is mostly on your left side, in the upper part of your abdomen.

You can go to the bathroom or put a rag that is warm over you upset stomach.

Eat.

If you don't want to eat then i suggest;Drink a large glass of water or some other drink that you might like. That's probably the only legitimate way you could stop your stomach rumbling without eating. Also, every time you feel your tummy is about to rumble take a deep breath remembering to push your chest out and hold it out there for a little while until the feeling is gone.

Just thinking about food sends signals to your digestive organs to prepare them for a meal. These signals not only step up the intensity and frequency of contractions by the stomach and intestines - they also stimulate them to secrete digestive juices.

Even if there's no food your stomach is still working if you're thinking about eating!