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).
Read more about Stomach.
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)
“When the sky is clear, carry an umbrella; though your stomach is full, carry provisions.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The eye deals with excess more easily than the stomach does.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)