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Role in digestion

Bolus (masticated food) enters the stomach through the oesophagus via the oesophageal sphincter. The stomach releases proteases (protein-digesting enzymes such as pepsin) and hydrochloric acid, which kills or inhibits bacteria and provides the acidic pH of two for the proteases to work. Food is churned by the stomach through muscular contractions of the wall called peristalsis ? reducing the volume of the fundus, before looping around the fundus[3] and the body of stomach as the boluses are converted into chyme (partially digested food). Chyme slowly passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum, where the extraction of nutrients begins. Depending on the quantity and contents of the meal, the stomach will digest the food into chyme anywhere between forty minutes and a few hours.

Posted By: SCC 28 on October 8th 2012 at 16:38:33

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how does one have their stomach removed (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 8, 16:19:21
- lots of people do who've had stomach cancer. You can manage with just your intestines (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Oct 8, 16:25:09
  - cool (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 8, 16:27:05
    - you can use your cutlery or hands to do that (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 8, 16:36:55
      - ... (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 8, 16:38:33
- no idea what you are talking about (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 8, 16:23:13
  - ... (General Chat) - SCC 28, Oct 8, 16:25:32
    - nice. might try it (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 8, 16:30:51
  - Drink some Liquid Nitrogen in a Lancaster bar then. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 16:24:55
- Just one step up from gastric band innit (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 16:20:45

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