Oesophagus

he stomach is a hollow muscular organ lying inferiorly to the diaphragm in the upper left quadrant . Where the oesophagus enters the stomach is called cardiac orifice. The part of the stomach that curves up is called funds which is the main part and the narrower part is called the pyloric sphincter. This part relaxes and contracts to regulate the amount of food released into the small intestine. From the greater curvature the peritoneum extends down in front of the abdominal organs like an apron. This is called the greater orementum. The greater ormentum contains fat and moves around the abdomen. When infection occurs it wraps itself around the organ to prevent the spread of infection. The muscular coat of the stomach churns the food up in the stomach mixing it …show more content…
The stomach also contains enzymes such as pepsin which digests the protein. The structure of the stomach can be divided into 4 parts. The cardia, fundus, corpus, and true pylorus. The cardia is where the food passes through the stomach and the acids and enzymes which are the gastric juices are manufactures in the cardia. The funds is the