Difference between revisions of "Stomach"

Revision as of 10:48, 5 June 2019

The stomach is a part of the body where our food goes when we eat it.

The stomach is a part of the digestive system and digest our food.

A computer image of the stomach.

The stomach is an organ in the digestive system which breaks down food molecules into small molecules using enzymes.

The Hydrochloric Acid in the stomach kills bacteria to help prevent us getting sick.

The stomach digests food using enzymes.

The enzymes in the stomach work best in acid.

The stomach is an organ in the digestive system which breaks down food molecules into small molecules using enzymes.

The Hydrochloric Acid in the stomach kills bacteria to help prevent infection and keeps the stomach acidic to be the optimum pH for the Digestive Enzymes to work.

The protease pepsin is an enzyme found in the stomach which has an optimum pH of 1.6.

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 : The [[stomach]] produces [[Hydrochloric Acid]].
 : The [[stomach]] [[Digestion|digests]] food using [[Digestive Enzyme|digestive enzymes]] including a [[protease]] called [[pepsin]] which breaks down [[protein]]s into [[Amino Acid|amino acids]].
-: The [[Hydrochloric Acid]] in the [[stomach]] kills [[bacteria]] to help prevent us getting sick and keeps the [[stomach]] [[acid|acidic]] to be the [[optimum]] [[pH]] for the [[Digestive Enzyme]]s to work.
+: The [[Hydrochloric Acid]] in the [[stomach]] kills [[bacteria]] to help prevent [[infection]] and keeps the [[stomach]] [[acid|acidic]] to be the [[optimum]] [[pH]] for the [[Digestive Enzyme]]s to work.
+: The [[protease]] [[pepsin]] is an [[enzyme]] found in the [[stomach]] which has an [[optimum]] [[pH]] of 1.6.