All About the Stomach
By Melanie Rocheleau, Dylan Shulstad, and Nevaeh Braun
What is the Stomach
The Stomach is the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the esophagus to the small intestine.
5 interesting facts about the Stomach and Digestive System
2. Inside the stomach there is hydrochloric acid which kills bacteria and provides acidic conditions to the enzyme protease.
3. An adults stomach can hold approximately 1.5 liters of material.
4. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so it doesn’t digest itself.
5. Once you are an adult the stomach remains the same size
Five interesting facts about the digestive system
1. Stomach rumblings, are the result of peristalsis in the stomach and small intestines — that is, they're due to normal digestion as food, fluid and gases pass through your gastrointestinal tract.
2. After the stomach empties its contents into the small intestine, it sends signals to the brain.
3. Peptic ulcers are painful sores on the lining of the esophagus, stomach or small intestine.
4. Cells along the inner wall of the stomach secrete roughly 2 liters (0.5 gallons) of hydrochloric acid each day, which helps kill bacteria and aids in digestion.
5. To protect itself from the corrosive acid, the stomach lining has a thick coating of mucus.
http://www.softschools.com/facts/human_body/the_stomach_facts/341/
I am found at the end of your esophagus or between the liver and large intestine
What does the Stomach look like and what it's job is
and between the liver and large intestine
The stomach is a part of the digestive system and important for churning food.
Stomach Diseases
Stomach cancer is difficult to cure unless it is found at an early stage before it has spread. Unfortunately, because early stomach cancer has few symptoms, the disease is usually advanced when the diagnosis is made. However, advanced stomach cancer can be treated and the symptoms can be relieved.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gastroenterology_hepatology/diseases_conditions/esophageal_stomach/
More Interesting Facts and the facts I learned
2. When you swallow food you get some air in your mouth.
Facts I learned about doing the project
1. I learned what the stomach disease is and how it affectes the stomach
2. Once you are an adult the stomach remains the same size
http://www.softschools.com/facts/human_body/the_stomach_facts/341/
The size of your stomach changes when you eat. After a meal, it holds about 2 Pints of food.
Why is the Stomach Important and what body symptoms does the stomach work with
The Stomach is important because in the mouth food that needs to be digested more gets digested in the Stomach because the Stomach makes an acid called Cyme helps dissolve un-digested food so it can be digested.
http://www.laparoscopic.md/digestion/stomach
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