The stomach is a j-shaped organ located between the esophagus and small intestines that collects and churns food with digestive juices. It secretes hydrochloric acid and other gastric juices to break down food into a liquid mixture called chyme. The stomach has several sections - the fundus, body, antrum, and pyloric sphincter - and diseases can include peptic ulcers, gastritis, and various cancers.

1. The Stomach by Vanessa Hamilton

2. The stomach is a j-shaped muscular organ that acts like a bag or sac to collect and churn food with digestive juices. It functions as an important organ in the digestive tract. It is located between the esophagus and the small intestines.

3. The Stomach

4. Functions of the Stomach (Digestive) When the stomach fills with food, the rugae stretch out and disappears. Hydrochloric Acid is secreted by glands in the mucous membrane lining of the stomach. Then passes through the remaining part of the digestive system. Food mixes with the hydrochloric acid and other gastric juices to form a liquid mixture called chyme.

6. Sections of the Stomach (Cardiac Sphincter ~Where the contents of the esophagus empty into the stomach.) Fundus ~ Formed by the upper curvature of the organ Body or Corpus ~ The main, central region Antrum ~ lower region (Pyloris Sphincter ~ The lower section of the organ that facilitates emptying the contents into the small intestine) Rugae ~ the lining of the stomach

8. Diseases of the Stomach Peptic ulcers Gastritis Stomach Cancer Gastric Carcinoma Hiatal Hernia

9. Stomach Ulcers

10. Medical Specialties Gastroenterologists Gastroinstestinal

11. The Stomach At A Glance