Stomach
The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the digestion system which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects (mid-gut), and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication (chewing).
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Famous quotes containing the word stomach:
“This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit,
Which gives men stomach to digest his words
With better appetite.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Those with stomach still to copulate strive in vain.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
“That’s metaphysics, my dear fellow. It’s forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won’t take it.”
—Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)