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STOMACH
STOMACH
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Bushra Haseeb
STOMACH
The stomach is the dilated part of the alimentary canal between
esophagus and stomach.
Muscular organ.
FUNCTION
Churning of food into small pieces
Formation of chyme
Digestion of food
Acidic solution
Location
At the level of T10-L3 vertebrae
Lies in the epigastric , umbilical and left hypochondriac region
Shape
Normally J-shaped
Horizontal in obese person
Stomach contains;
Openings
-Gastroesophageal
-Pyloric
Orifices
-Cardiac
-Pyloric
Regions
-Cardiac
-Pyloric
Curvatures
-Lesser curvature
-Greater curvature
Sphincters
-Cardiac sphincter
-Pyloric sphincter
Surfaces
-Anterosuperior
-Posteroinferior
Notches
-Cardiac notch
-Angular notch
Curvatures
Greater curvature
Arising from the cardiac notch over the dome of the fundus and
along the left of the stomach to the pylorus
Long,convex,lateral border
Lesser curvature
Extends from cardiac orifice to the pylorous
Shorter,concave,middle surface of stomach
Forms junction between body and the pylorus of stomach
known as angular notch
Omentum